AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan on Tuesday sentenced a man to death by hanging for a 2019 stabbing attack at a popular tourist site that wounded eight people, including foreign tourists and their guide. Muslim extremists have targeted tourist sites in Jordan in the past, in part to undermine its Western-allied monarchy. In 2005, triple hotel attacks killed at least 23 people, while the following year a British tourist was killed when a gunman opened fire at Roman ruins in Amman. More recently, a 2016 attack by the Islamic State group killed 14 people, including a Canadian tourist. FILE – In this November 6, 2019 file photo, an ambulance is parked in front of the Jerash Government Hospital, where people stabbed in a knife attack were taken in Jerash, Jordan.

Source: Egypt Independent January 12, 2021 10:41 UTC