Tribute: A plane belonging to the Jordanian Royal Air Force makes a deliberate diversion over over the home town of the pilot brutally murdered by ISIS after carrying out airstrikes against the terror group in Syria
Visit: Local television showed a sombre-looking King (right) sitting alongside Moaz al-Kaseasbeh's father Saif (left), the Jordanian army chief, and other senior officials in Aya - a village 60 miles south of the capital Amman
Jordanian
war planes made a deliberate diversion over over the home town of the
pilot brutally murdered by ISIS after carrying out airstrikes against
the terror group in Syria this morning.
The
tribute came as Jordan's King Abdullah II visited Moaz al-Kasasbeh's
grieving family in Aya village and one day after he vowed to wage a
'harsh' war against the militants.
The
show of force came two days after ISIS released a horrific 22-minute
long video showing the pilot being burnt alive while locked in a cage.
The
act has been widely condemned as among the most sickening ever
committed to film and has sent waves of revulsion across the region.
In
response, Jordan executed two Iraqi militants connected with ISIS,
including the Sajida al-Rishawi female would-be suicide bomber whose
freedom ISIS had originally demanded in exchange for releasing Kasasbeh.
The tribute came as Jordan's King Abdullah II (centre) visited Moaz al-Kasasbeh's grieving family including his father, Said (left) - in Aya village and one day after he vowed to wage a 'harsh' war against the militants
Tribe members of slain Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kaseasbeh receive mourners at the memorial tent set up for the murdered pilot in his home village of Aya near Karak in Jordan this morning
Looking for revenge: The Jordanian fighter jets carried out new air strikes a day after King Abdullah (left) vowed to wage a 'harsh' war against Islamic State militants who control parts of neighboring Syria and Iraq
The war planes roared overhead as the King paid a condolence visit to the tribal family of the pilot in his village in southern Jordan.
State television showed a sombre-looking King sitting alongside the army chief and senior officials while visiting Aya, a village 60 miles south of the capital Amman.
Thousands of Jordanians flocked to pay respects in traditional Arab Bedouin style in a part of the country where influential tribes form an important pillar of the Hashemite rule, supplying the army and security forces with its manpower.