Jordanian given death penalty for 2019 stabbing attack
The man and two accomplices reportedly were inspired by the Islamic State to stab tourists and Jordanian police in the ancient city of Jerash.
A Jordanian court has sentenced a man to death for stabbing tourists and police in 2019.
The State Security Court found the man guilty of terrorism on Tuesday and gave him the death sentence, the state-run Jordan News Agency, also known as Petra, reported.
The conviction stems from the November 2019 stabbing attack in the city of Jerash north of the capital, Amman. A lone assailant stabbed several people at a Roman ruins archaeological site there. Three Mexican tourists and one Swiss woman were injured, as were a tour guide, a driver and three police, according to Petra. Nobody died in the incident.
The court also sentenced one man to life imprisonment and another to seven years for their roles in the incident. Petra described them as “accomplices.” All men are from Jerash and were inspired by material they read from the Islamic State (IS), according to the agency.
