{"id":2840,"date":"2018-11-13T21:19:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T21:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shaheennews.com\/shahennews.com\/eng\/2018\/11\/13\/ssc-issues-final-verdicts-in-karak-terror-attack\/"},"modified":"2018-11-13T21:19:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T21:19:15","slug":"ssc-issues-final-verdicts-in-karak-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shahennews.com\/eng\/archives\/2840\/ssc-issues-final-verdicts-in-karak-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC issues final verdicts in Karak terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shaheennews – <\/span><\/p>\n The State Security Court (SSC) on Tuesday issued the verdicts in the case of 11 defendants involved in the December 2016 terrorist attacks in the southern Governorate of Karak.<\/span><\/p>\n In a public session, presided over by judge Col. Mohammad Afif, the court gave two defendants life sentences in prison with hard labor and three defendants were sentenced to 15-year prison terms with hard labor, including one who is still at large.<\/span><\/p>\n The court also handed down three-year jail terms with temporary hard labor and fines against five defendants, while one was acquitted of all charges.<\/span><\/p>\n The defendants faced charges of plotting to carry out subversive acts, manufacture of explosives, possession of firearms and ammunitions, knowingly funding terrorist acts, promoting the ideology of a terror group and attempting to join terrorist groups, among other charges.<\/span><\/p>\n The attack had caused the death of 12 people, including members of security forces, citizens and a Canadian tourist, and injured 34 other people.<\/span><\/p>\n A day after the attack, Public security and gendarmerie forced carried out a security operation in Karak in which five terrorists were killed.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shaheennews – The State Security Court (SSC) on Tuesday issued the verdicts in the case of 11 defendants involved in the December 2016 terrorist attacks in the southern Governorate of Karak. In a public session, presided over by judge Col. Mohammad Afif, the court gave two defendants life sentences in prison with hard labor …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jordan-news"],"yoast_head":"\n