Jordan jails 12 for attacks on churches
11:09, 16 October 2009
AMMAN. October 16. KAZINFORM Jordan's State Security Court on Thursday sentenced 12 Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists to jail terms ranging between 15 and 20 years with hard labor after finding them guilty of carrying out, or plotting, acts of terrorism against churches and tourists inside the country, judicial sources said; Kazinform refers to the Arab News.
The tribunal first passed death sentences against four defendants, but they were commuted to 20-year imprisonment, to give them a chance to correct their conduct, given their young age.
One of them, Shaker Khatib, 28, traveled to Lebanon in 2008 where he met with one of Al-Qaeda leaders and received military training, the judicial source said; Kazinform cites the Arab News.
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