(MENAFN- QNA) Jordan executed two convicts early Wednesday morning following the killing of a Jordanian air force pilot, according to reports today.
The convicts hanged at 4 am include a woman named Sajida Al Rishawi whose attempt at suicide bombing had failed, and an Al-Qaeda operative Ziyad Karboli, a government spokesperson said.
Sajida was on death row for her complicity in an attack on Amman that left 60 people dead in 2005. Karboli was convicted in 2008 for killing a Jordanian national.
The executions came hours after militant outfit IS posted a video appearing to show pilot Moaz Al Kasasbeh being burned alive. He was seized after crashing during an anti-IS mission over Syria in December.
Jordan had attempted to secure Lt Kasasbeh's release in a swap involving Rishawi. Jordan earlier vowed an "earth-shattering" response after IS posted an online video showing the pilot standing in a cage engulfed in flames.
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