Jordanian accused of insulting Islam shot dead outside court

Writer Nahed Hattar had been facing blasphemy charges over satirical Islamic State cartoon

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Nahed Hattar, a Jordanian writer charged with offending Islam with a satirical cartoon he shared on Facebook, has been shot dead outside court in Amman.

The suspected gunman, identified by authorities as Riad Abdullah, 49, gave himself up to police shortly after the shooting. According to security sources, he was "known as an extremist", the Jordan Times says.

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