A Jordanian man of Palestinian origin was convicted Thursday and sentenced to death in the fatal shooting of a British tourist earlier this year. Nabeel Ahmed Issa al-Jaourah opened fire on Westerners touring the Roman amphitheater in Amman three months ago.
British accountant Christopher Stokes was killed in the incident. Five other sightseers from Australia, Britain, the Netherlands and New Zealand were injured, along with a Jordanian police officer.
According to the AP, the military State Security Court said it found al-Jaourah "guilty beyond any doubt of undertaking a terrorist action that has led to the killing of an innocent person." The verdict can be appealed.
"You deserve to die for your hideous crime," the court's presiding judge told the defendant.
"I am a holy worrier and I thank God for this verdict," responded the 38-year-old al-Jaourah. During the trial, al-Jaourah insisted that God "blessed" him for the attack and said the British are enemies of Islam.
