“The 10 men, who embrace the takfirism ideology, pleaded not guilty today at the (military) state security court to charges of plotting to carry out terrorist attacks in the kingdom in 2009,” a court official told.
“They were arrested last year after allegedly attempting to attack army posts in Jafr and Azraq, east of the kingdom, as well as intelligence officers in Zarqa,” near Amman, he said.
The Jordanian suspects, who face the death penalty if convicted, “also plotted to attack liquor stores in Amman, Rusaifeh and Zarqa as part of their jihad (holy war) in Jordan,” the official added.
“They wanted to kidnap the sons of intelligence officers to press the authorities to release some prisoners” he said.
The trial of the 10 was adjourned until February 9.
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