Jordanian killer of Israeli girls released to hero's welcome

[TomSea]

Jordanian killer of Israeli girls released to hero's welcome

Ahmed al-Daqamseh, a soldier who killed seven girls when he fired on their school trip in 1997, is welcomed back to his hometown

A Jordanian soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls in 1997 was released from prison to a hero's welcome on Sunday after serving a 20-year sentence.

Ahmed al-Daqamseh was working as a soldier when he opened fire on a group of girls aged 13 and 14 who were visiting the Israel-Jordan border on a school trip, in what has since become known as the Island of Peace Massacre after the site where it was committed.

Following the attack, the Jordanian army declared that Daqamseh suffered from antisocial personality disorder. As a result, he did not face the death penalty but was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Contnued: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jordanian-soldier-who-killed-7-israeli-schoolgirls-released-after-20-year-sentence-1690974211

[TomSea]

Released from a Jordanian prison it sounds like.

Jordanians fired on and killed 3 of our soldiers, Green Berets, I can look that up if anyone is interested.

We've been fired at in Afghanistan, this is the problem in having a presence in any of these places, Iraq, etc.

This man committed a heinous act; hard to believe he is free and in some countries, he is treated like a  hero, similar to one of the Lockerbie bomber's treatment in Libya a few years ago.

We should remember, this does not mean that all Arabs or Muslims are murderers, a lot of whites, blacks, Chinese kill people.

[Gefn]

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