Jordan Hangs Two in Moneychanger Murder
From Reuters
AMMAN, Jordan —
Two Jordanians were hanged at dawn Thursday for murdering a moneychanger in Amman during the first such armed robbery in the country, security officials said.
A military court sentenced Said Nasser Mohammad Ali, 28, and Ahmed Salim Jumaa, 22, to death for shooting Muhieddin Bashiti in July.
A third man received a sentence of life imprisonment with hard labor and a fourth 2O years with hard labor.
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