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Jordanian policemen
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Jordan sentences five Daesh members to death
AFP/Amman
Filed on December
28, 2016
The
group of 21 were members of a Daesh cell that was broken up in March during a
security operation in the northern town of Irbid.
A court in Amman on Wednesday sentenced
to death five Jordanian members of a dismantled cell linked to the Daesh group
for "terrorism".
The state security court also handed
jail terms of between three and 15 years to another 16 Jordanians in the same
case.
They were found guilty of deadly
"acts of terrorism", the manufacture of explosives and
"possession of weapons and ammunition for use in terrorist acts" and
recruiting people for "terrorist organisations".
The group of 21 were members of a Daesh
cell that was broken up in March during a large-scale security operation in the
northern town of Irbid, near the border with Syria.
Seven suspected militants and a member
of the Jordanian security forces were killed during that operation.
The authorities announced later that
they had foiled Daesh attacks in the Kingdom, which had already been hit by
deadly attacks over the past year.
On December 18, 10 people including a
Canadian were killed in a shooting rampage the popular tourist destination of
Karak, in an attack claimed by the Daesh group.
Two days later, the authorities arrested
a man suspected of funding the attack, in a raid on a house in Karak province.
Jordan is part of the US-led military
coalition against Daesh and has carried out air strikes targeting the militants
group. It also hosts coalition troops on its territory.
Five ISIS
Members Sentenced To Death By Hanging In Jordan For Terrorism
Five
members of ISIS were sentenced to death by a Jordanian court on Wednesday
for terrorism.
The
five men were found guilty of terrorism, manufacturing explosives,
recruiting terrorists, and the possession of weapons for the use of terrorism.
The
terrorists were part of an ISIS cell that was dismantled in
March during a security operation in Irbid, which is near the Syrian
border.
During
the operation, a member of the Jordanian security forces was killed.
Jordan
is part of a coalition of nations fighting ISIS, and has carried out numerous
air strikes against the Islamic State. In 2015, Moaz al-Kasaesbeh, a pilot
in the Jordanian air force, was captured by ISIS and burned alive in a video
released by the terrorist organization.
Jordan’s
King Abdullah II intensified his attack on ISIS following the brutal death of
the Jordanian pilot saying, “It is our war. It has been for a long time,” in an
interview with
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.
This
year, Jordan has been attacked by jihadis four times.
The
five ISIS members will receive death by hanging.
AMMAN // A Jordanian court sentenced five members of an ISIL
cell to death by hanging on Wednesday for acts of terrorism.
The state security court in Amman also handed jail terms of
between three and 15 years to another 16 Jordanians in the same case.
They were found guilty of deadly “acts of terrorism”, the
manufacture of explosives and “possession of weapons and ammunition for use in
terrorist acts” and recruiting people for “terrorist organisations”.
The group of 21 were members of an ISIL cell that was broken up
in March during a large-scale security operation in the northern town of Irbid,
near the border with Syria.
Seven suspected militants and a member of the Jordanian security
forces were killed during the operation.
