Authorities blame extremists for the shooting during a funeral at a church in Karak, which also left 40 people wounded. Seven people were killed on Friday when gunmen opened fire during a funeral ...
Authorities blame extremists for the shooting during a funeral at a church in Karak, which also left 40 people wounded.
Seven people were killed on Friday when gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan, said the head of the country's Public Security Directorate, in a rare attack on Jordan's Christian minority that authorities described as a terrorist act by extremists.
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Authorities blame extremists for the shooting during a funeral at a church in Karak, which also left 40 people wounded.
Footage broadcast on Jordanian state television showed three gunmen firing shots at a Greek Orthodox church in the city of Karak on Friday.
Another 10 people are injured in the southern Karak governorate, and a manhunt is now under way.
Jordanian air force says it carried out strikes against ‘terrorist groups’ tied to killing of nine in Karak
Suspects refuse to surrender and attack security forces, who return fire, wound and arrest them, authorities say.
At least 7 people were killed after armed men opened fire inside a church in Jordan’s Karak province, Jordanian state media said.
