Jordanian soldier gets life imprisonment for killing 3 U.S. soldiers

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*Family members of the killed soldiers were in the courtroom to hear the verdict (Photo AFP)

A Jordanian military court sentenced a soldier to life imprisonment with hard labour on Monday for killing three U.S. military trainers at the gate of a major air base in 2016, a judicial source said.
The soldier had been charged with premeditated murder and had pleaded not guilty, the source said.
The incident in November had led to tensions between Washington and its Middle Eastern ally.
Jordanian authorities at first said the U.S. trainers had been shot dead by the soldier when their car failed to stop at the gate of the base.
Washington rejected that account and said it could not rule out a political motive for the killings.
Jordan, a staunch U.S. ally, hosts several hundred U.S. contractors in a military cooperation programme which includes the stationing of U.S. F-16 fighter jets.
They use Jordanian airfields to hit Islamic State positions in neighbouring Syria and to protect its borders.
Reuters

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