Al-Jafr, Jordan: Hundreds of people in southern Jordan have protested the conviction of a local soldier in the shooting deaths of three US military trainers.
The US troops were killed in November at the gate to the Al Jafr air base when their convoy came under fire. A Jordanian military court sentenced 1st Sgt Marik Al Tuwayha to life in prison on Monday.
On Tuesday, protesters blocked roads to the town of Al Jafr with burning tyres and staged a sit-in.
Members of the soldier's tribe claimed, without presenting evidence, that he was a scapegoat, and that there had been a deadly clash between US troops and Syrian rebels they were training.
The defendant testified that he opened fire because he believed he had heard a pistol shot and feared the base was being attacked.