Failed suicide bomber goes on trial in Jordan

Veiled and speaking in a low voice, the woman suicide-bomber who failed to blow herself up in a Jordanian hotel last year went on trial in Amman today charged over the attacks that killed 63 people.

Sajida Mubarak al-Rishawi, 35, is charged with the near simultaneous attacks on three hotels in Amman on November 9 in which she, her husband and two other suicide bombers took part. Al-Rishawi’s explosives-belt failed to detonate and she was arrested after fleeing from the scene.