A Jordanian court has sentenced an alleged Daesh (ISIS) member to 20 years of hard labor for a 2016 attack on security forces, an AFP correspondent at the trial said.
The 25-year-old was charged with acquiring automatic weapons along with his two brothers and turning their house in Maan, 210 kilometers south of Amman, into a bomb factory.
The brothers booby-trapped the house then raised black Daesh flags on a roundabout and on the minaret of a mosque in the town to attract the attention of security forces, the charge sheet read.
They also raised a Daesh flag on a pickup truck which they drove around town, shooting in the air, it said.
"When the accused saw a vehicle belonging to security services they opened fire, wounding those inside," the charges said.
Officials said they then returned to their house, leaving the pickup outside to attract attention.
Security forces arrived, triggering a shootout which wounded several security personnel and killed two of the brothers. The third was able to blow up the house before being arrested.
Jordanian courts regularly try suspected militants, usually linked to Daesh.
Jordan is part of the U.S.-led military coalition against Daesh and has carried out air strikes targeting the extremist group. It also hosts coalition troops on its territory.
The kingdom was hit by several attacks in 2016, including a Daesh suicide attack in June that killed seven guards near the border with Syria.
AFP
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