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Military court in Jordan sentences soldier to life in prison for killing three US trainers at air base last year A Jordanian soldier has been sentenced to life in prison with hard labour for killing three US military trainers last year.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Marik al-Tuwayha, who pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder, attacked the men as their vehicles approached al-Jafr air base in November.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. One was killed at the base and two others died later in hospital.
Jordanian authorities initially claimed the US nationals were killed when their vehicle failed to stop.
Tuwayha - who is not thought to have links to any militant groups - told the military court he opened fire after hearing gun shots.
But the US Embassy said the trial confirmed Staff Sgt Matthew Lewellen, Staff Sgt Kevin McEnroe and Staff Sgt James Moriarty "had been following procedure" when they were killed, according to news agency the Associated Press.
Jordan is a member of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria and Iraq, and US forces have trained a small group of Syrian rebels in Jordan, as well as Iraqi and Palestinian security forces.
This is not the first time a US trainer has been killed in Jordan.
In November 2015, a Jordanian police captain opened fire at a police training centre near the capital Amman, killing two Americans, a South African and two Jordanians.
The Jordanian government said the police captain had been a troubled individual, but security sources said he was a supporter of the Islamic State militant group.