Death Penalty Demanded for 4 Relatives in Murder of Syrian Journalist Jammo

The death penalty has been demanded against four people in the 2013 murder of pro-Syrian regime journalist Mohammed Darrar Jammo.

Judge Mounif Barakat ordered the death sentence against his wife Siham Younes, her nephew Ali Khalil Younes, her brother Badie Mohammed Younes, and her daughter Fatima.

Jammo was killed on July 17, 2013 in Sarafand.

His wife had been arrested on suspicion that she may have planned the crime.

The 44-year-old journalist and political commentator was one of Syrian President Bashar Assad's and Hizbullah's staunchest defenders.

He was killed when his wife's relatives burst into the first floor of his apartment in the town of Sarafand and opened fire on him.

Initial reports that the murder was politically motivated were ruled out when security forces detained the relatives.

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