Developments in the "Zarqa Boy" crime in Jordan: "State Security" prosecutes 16 accused ... and the penalties reach death.
Today, Wednesday, the Public Prosecutor of the Jordanian Grand Criminal Court referred 16 people accused of being involved in the amputation of a young man’s hand, and his eyes were perforated, to the State Security Court, according to a Jordanian judicial source.
The source close to the investigation, who preferred to remain anonymous, told AFP that "the Public Prosecutor of the Grand Criminal Court referred the case of the arrested boy, 16 defendants, to the State Security Court, which has jurisdiction to look into the case of forming a gang with the intention of intimidating citizens, threatening the safety of society and endangering its security. Risk. "
He added, "The referral process came after hearing the testimonies and statements, as it became clear that this crime is within the jurisdiction of the State Security Court because it is considered one of the most severe crimes."
The source pointed out that "the charge attributed to the detainees by the criminal court prosecutor is attempted joint murder, joint defamation, collective kidnapping, causing a severe disability and forming a gang."
The source said that the punishment, if convicted of these crimes, may amount to death.
The shocking incident took place in Jordan, when the defendants kidnapped the 16-year-old boy in the Zarqa Governorate (23 km northeast of Amman), last Tuesday, and they amputated his hands and gouged his eyes with sharp tools, in revenge against his imprisoned father.
Jordan's King Abdullah II ordered the boy to be treated and rehabilitated at Al-Hussein Medical City in Amman.
The Jordanian Prime Minister, Bishr Al-Khasawneh, who visited the boy in the hospital last Wednesday, affirmed that "dealing with this crime and its perpetrators will be firmly and within the framework of the rule of law."
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