This evidence-led archive documents eight distinct Jordan cases, including the assassination of Wasfi al-Tal, the King Faisal Air Base shooting, the Island of Peace massacre, the murder of Laurence Foley, the Amman hotel bombings, the Karak Castle attack and the assassination of Nahed Hattar. Court outcomes are reported with disputes and limits intact.
These labels follow documented judgments narrowly; disputed confessions, mental-state findings, absent defendants and wider organizational allegations remain explicit.
A Jordanian soldier killed seven Israeli schoolgirls during a class trip. A military court convicted him, and he completed a 20-year prison term in 2017.
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USAID administrator Laurence Foley was killed outside his Amman home. Two defendants were convicted, disputed their confessions and were executed in 2006.
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An attack in and around Karak Castle killed ten victims. Four gunmen died during the response, and alleged accomplices later received prison terms.
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The Jordanian writer was shot outside an Amman court in 2016. Riyad Ismail was convicted and executed; wider allegations about incitement remained outside that judgment.
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Coordinated bombings struck three Amman hotels in 2005, killing 60 people. Sajida al-Rishawi was convicted after her explosive belt failed and was executed in 2015.
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A gunman killed five personnel at a General Intelligence Department office. Mahmoud Masharfeh was convicted and sentenced to death.
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A Jordanian guard killed three U.S. Army trainers at an air-base gate. A military court convicted him; the public record did not establish a conclusive motive.
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Black September claimed the killing of Jordan’s prime minister. Four suspects were arrested, but the Egyptian proceeding ended with their release.
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The archive uses court outcomes narrowly. A conviction supports “solved / adjudicated” only for the defendant and conduct addressed by that judgment. Mental-state findings, disputed confessions and wider responsibility remain clearly attributed.
Alleged command, financing and wider organizational responsibility are not interchangeable with a conviction for the crime itself. Each file identifies the source and procedural status of those claims.
The visuals use flag, memorial, courthouse and case-file imagery. They do not fabricate portraits, reenact attacks or present editorial art as evidence.
Crime by Region currently publishes eight verified Jordan case files.
The archive includes the assassination of Wasfi al-Tal, the King Faisal Air Base shooting, the Island of Peace massacre, the murder of Laurence Foley, the Amman hotel bombings, the Karak Castle attack and the assassination of Nahed Hattar.
Each has a documented court outcome. The Wasfi al-Tal proceeding ended without conviction; other files preserve limits concerning motive, accomplices, contested confessions, mental-state findings or wider responsibility.
Conflicting published details are identified rather than silently harmonized.
No. Each status applies only to the conduct and defendants supported by the cited judgment.
The archive uses symbolic memorial and court-record imagery rather than fabricated crime-scene reenactments.
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