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3 February 2015
Last updated at 22:59 ET
The executions came hours IS posted an online video claiming to show pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burned alive.
He was seized after crashing during an anti-IS mission over Syria in December.
Jordan had attempted to secure his release in a swap involving Rishawi.
by Nasra Ismail and Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Amman, Jordan
Jordan has executed two
convicted prisoners, including a female jihadist, following the killing
of one its pilots by Islamic State (IS) militants.
The woman, failed suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi, and Ziyad
Karboli, an Iraqi al-Qaeda operative, were executed at dawn, an
official said.The executions came hours IS posted an online video claiming to show pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burned alive.
He was seized after crashing during an anti-IS mission over Syria in December.
Jordan had attempted to secure his release in a swap involving Rishawi.
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