AMMAN, Jordan — A military spokesman says Jordan released a soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls during a class trip to his country in 1997. Spokesman Amer Sartawi says Ahmed Daqamseh was released early Sunday, after serving 20 years in prison. Daqamseh had killed the girls in a shooting rampage at the “Island of Peace” border post. King Hussein, Jordan’s ruler in 1997, paid a rare visit to Israel after the shooting to express his condolences to the girls’ parents. The shooting came three years after Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty.

Source: Washington Post March 11, 2017 23:48 UTC