Seven shot dead by gunmen at church funeral in Jordan, officials say
✓Seven people have been killed in an attack on a funeral in central Jordan, officials have said.
At least 34 others were injured as gunmen opened fire on a church in Hmoud, in the Karak governorate on Friday.
The unidentified gunmen are reported to have arrived in a car, entered the church and opened fire before fleeing. No-one has admitted carrying out the attack.
In a news conference, Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya said authorities were working to apprehend the perpetrators which he described as a "group of extremists".
Jordan's King Abdullah II, said the authorities would "confront the terrorist act that targeted Karak with the harshest penalties".
"Whoever imagines that the bullets of treachery can divide the ranks of Jordanians will fail in his endeavour before our steadfastness and unity," the king added in a post on X.
Dozens of people had been inside the church for the funeral when the shooting began, Khaled Burqan, one of the mourners, told Jordan's al-Mamlaka state-run TV.
He said two attackers armed with a rifle and a pistol had been firing at the mourners for several minutes.
Al-Faraya added that the incident was "painful and horrific" and "unparalleled in the history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan," during his news conference.
Public service television station al-Mamlaka has reported the king arrived in Karak on Friday evening "to check on the condition of the injured".
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Thirty-four people are also injured in the attack in southern Karak governorate, and a manhunt is now under way
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Seven people have been killed in an attack on a funeral in central Jordan, officials have said.
At least 34 others were injured as gunmen opened fire on a church in Hmoud, in the Karak governorate on Friday.
The unidentified gunmen are reported to have arrived in a car, entered the church and opened fire before fleeing. No-one has admitted carrying out the attack.
In a news conference, Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya said authorities were working to apprehend the perpetrators which he described as a "group of extremists".
Jordan's King Abdullah II, said the authorities would "confront the terrorist act that targeted Karak with the harshest penalties".
"Whoever imagines that the bullets of treachery can divide the ranks of Jordanians will fail in his endeavour before our steadfastness and unity," the king added in a post on X.
Dozens of people had been inside the church for the funeral when the shooting began, Khaled Burqan, one of the mourners, told Jordan's al-Mamlaka state-run TV.
He said two attackers armed with a rifle and a pistol had been firing at the mourners for several minutes.
Al-Faraya added that the incident was "painful and horrific" and "unparalleled in the history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan," during his news conference.
Public service television station al-Mamlaka has reported the king arrived in Karak on Friday evening "to check on the condition of the injured".
Read the full story at BBC ↗ · BBC ↗ · Al Jazeera ↗ · Sky News ↗
Seven people have been killed in an attack on a funeral in central Jordan, officials have said.
At least 34 others were injured as gunmen opened fire on a church in Hmoud, in the Karak governorate on Friday.
The unidentified gunmen are reported to have arrived in a car, entered the church and opened fire before fleeing. No-one has admitted carrying out the attack.
In a news conference, Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya said authorities were working to apprehend the perpetrators which he described as a "group of extremists".
Jordan's King Abdullah II, said the authorities would "confront the terrorist act that targeted Karak with the harshest penalties".
"Whoever imagines that the bullets of treachery can divide the ranks of Jordanians will fail in his endeavour before our steadfastness and unity," the king added in a post on X.
Dozens of people had been inside the church for the funeral when the shooting began, Khaled Burqan, one of the mourners, told Jordan's al-Mamlaka state-run TV.
He said two attackers armed with a rifle and a pistol had been firing at the mourners for several minutes.
Al-Faraya added that the incident was "painful and horrific" and "unparalleled in the history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan," during his news conference.
Public service television station al-Mamlaka has reported the king arrived in Karak on Friday evening "to check on the condition of the injured".
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- Thirty-four people are also injured in the attack in southern Karak governorate, and a manhunt is now under way