Jordan has sentenced three men to death for their involvement in a terrorist attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the southern Karak Governorate last month that killed nine people.The state security court handed down the sentences on Sunday after convicting the three of several terrorism-related offences, including carrying out attacks that resulted in deaths, using weapons and ammunition for terrorist purposes, possessing weapons with terrorist intent, conspiring to carry out armed attacks and promoting the ideology of a terrorist group, as per state-owned news agency Petro.One of the three was also found guilty of providing funds to finance terrorist acts under Jordan’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Law No. 20 of 2021.The verdict is subject to automatic appeal before the court of cassation under Jordanian law.The attack took place on October 23 at St George’s Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hammoud, in Karak Governorate, during a funeral procession. It left nine people dead and several others injured.Following the attack, security forces launched extensive searches and investigations to identify those responsible. On October 26, the Public Security Directorate announced that the three primary suspects had been arrested at an abandoned house in Karak.According to the security authorities, the suspects refused to surrender and engaged security forces before they were apprehended.