15 people executed for terrorism convictions in Jordan

Baku. 4 March. REPORT. AZ / Jordan executed 15 people on Saturday including 10 convicted on terrorism charges, Report informs citing theAl-Arabiya.

Al Momani said those executed included one man who was convicted of an attack last year on an intelligence compound that killed five security personnel.

Another five were involved in an assault by security forces on a militant hideout in Irbid city in the same year that led to the death of seven militants and one police officer, while the rest related to separate incidents that go back as far as 2003.

The five other executions were for rape and sexual assault.