jordan executes 15 in crackdown on terrorism
Sunday 23 February 2025
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Jordan executes 15 in crackdown on terrorism

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Jordan executes 15 in crackdown on terrorism

The entrance of the Suwaqa prison, south of the Amman.
Amman - Arab Today

Jordan on Saturday executed 15 men convicted of terrorism and other crimes in the largest round of hangings since the country stepped up a crackdown on extremists in recent years.
Ten of the condemned men were convicted on terrorism charges and the other five had committed "barbaric" sexual offences, the government spokesman, minister of state for media affairs Mohammad Momani, told Petra News Agency. The crimes were committed between 2003 and 2016.
The executions, carried out at dawn at Swaqa prison south of Amman, come as Jordan steps up a campaign against militant extremism following an ISIL-claimed attack in December that killed 10 people. Although terrorist attacks in Jordan are relatively rare, the country is on high alert given the rise of ISIL and other extremist groups active in neighbouring Syria and Iraq.
Among those executed were some of the 13 men arrested last March in a raid on an ISIL-linked terror cell in Irbid, a city close to the Syrian border.
Jordanian security forces killed seven extremists wearing explosive belts during the raid, in which one soldier died.
Also hanged was Mahmoud Al Masharfeh, who killed five Jordanian intelligence staff at the Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp, near Amman, on the first day of Ramadan last year. The state security court sentenced him to death in August.
Al Masharfeh had spent time in prison a few years earlier after being arrested for attempting to join extremists in Syria, according to an Islamist who shared his prison cell.
"He wanted to perform the jihad in Syria but was arrested before he could go," he said. "He shot the intelligence members in revenge for something they did to him."
Mr Momani said the other terrorism convicts executed included Nabeel Jaoura, who killed a British man in an attack on tourists at the Roman amphitheatre in Amman in 2006, and Ahmad Yousef Al Jaghbeer, who was involved in the bombing of the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad in 2003 that killed 17 people.
Also executed was Riad Ismaeel Abdullah, who last September shot dead the prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar for posting a cartoon on his Facebook page that lampooned ISIL’s view of the afterlife.
Jordanian authorities have been imposing harsher penalties on terrorism suspects, sympathisers of extremist groups and those convicted of terrorist acts, particularly after an attack claimed by ISIL in the southern city of Al Karak in December that left 10 dead, most of them members of the security forces. Prison terms of 10 to 15 years are now common for those convicted of promoting extremist ideology on social media.
But lawyers dealing with terrorism cases at the state security court said they feared the harsher measures could backfire.
"We do not justify terrorist acts and we support harsher measures against those who kill innocent people," said Abdel Qader Khatib, a lawyer who handles terrorism-related cases. "But we are concerned that tougher sentences against those who show their support on Facebook would harden them and they will seek revenge. A heavy-handed security crackdown would only make things worse."
Lawyers say hundreds of people were arrested and remain in detention without charge after the Karak attacks.

Source: The National

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

jordan executes 15 in crackdown on terrorism jordan executes 15 in crackdown on terrorism

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

jordan executes 15 in crackdown on terrorism jordan executes 15 in crackdown on terrorism

 



GMT 09:30 2017 Thursday ,28 December

Two injured in Quetta gas cylinder blast

GMT 05:43 2017 Thursday ,06 April

Petrochemical shares lift Saudi bourse

GMT 22:58 2017 Tuesday ,22 August

Premier thanked by Egyptian President

GMT 12:53 2017 Friday ,10 November

Ahsan Iqbal condemns Quetta blast

GMT 10:44 2011 Sunday ,02 October

Rotana says Haifa Wehbe \'avoiding their calls\'

GMT 12:25 2016 Wednesday ,14 December

Evaluation of Participating Companies Goes in Full Swing

GMT 09:43 2017 Wednesday ,11 January

Harden plays down MVP talk after latest NBA triple

GMT 19:00 2017 Saturday ,07 October

HH Shaikh Nasser attends Chechen President's birthday

GMT 18:52 2017 Wednesday ,19 April

Fox dumps embattled host over harassment allegations

GMT 09:12 2018 Thursday ,15 November

Syria, Iran discuss enhancing scientific cooperation

GMT 05:54 2018 Friday ,05 October

Putin to meet with Indian premier, sign S-400 deal

GMT 13:42 2015 Wednesday ,30 September

Bringing solitude back to Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'

GMT 12:02 2017 Friday ,29 December

20 personel ISIS di Suriah

GMT 22:28 2017 Tuesday ,31 January

Syria army recaptures areas southeast Altifor airport

GMT 02:22 2017 Friday ,07 April

Aviation experts to explore flight-ban solutions
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday