Jordanian writer shot dead outside court before trial over cartoon
A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court, where he was to stand trial on charges of contempt of religion after sharing on social media a caricature seen as insulting Islam, according to witnesses and state media.
The gunman was arrested at the scene, state news agency Petra said. A security source said he was a 39-year-old Muslim preacher in a mosque in the capital.
Hattar, a Christian and an anti-Islamist activist, was arrested last month after sharing on social media a caricature depicting a bearded man in heaven smoking in bed with women and asking God to bring him wine and clear his dishes.
