{"id":4203,"date":"2026-10-23T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2026-10-23T18:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:05:21","slug":"seven-shot-dead-by-gunmen-at-church-funeral-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=4203","title":{"rendered":"Seven shot dead by gunmen at church funeral in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seven people have been killed in an attack on a funeral in central Jordan, officials have said.<\/p>\n

At least 34 others were injured as gunmen opened fire on a church in Hmoud, in the Karak governorate on Friday.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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”.<\/p>\n

Jordan’s King Abdullah II, said the authorities would “confront the terrorist act that targeted Karak with the harshest penalties”.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

He said two attackers armed with a rifle and a pistol had been firing at the mourners for several minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Public service television station al-Mamlaka has reported the king arrived in Karak on Friday evening “to check on the condition of the injured”.<\/p>\n

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Security officials and members of the public gathered outside the Greek Orthodox church on Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Initial reports indicated seven people had been killed in the attack. A government spokesperson later said six people had died, before officials again revised the death toll to seven.<\/p>\n

CCTV footage, appears to shows three gunmen making their way from a road toward the church.<\/p>\n

Two of the attackers are seen making their way on to what appears to be a vehicle entrance to the church grounds, before retreating briefly and returning with a third man. All three appear to be armed with handguns.<\/p>\n

Separate footage believed to be from the aftermath of the attack appears to show several dead and wounded bodies on the ground amid some chaotic scenes.<\/p>\n

There was a heavy security presence at the entrance to a hospital treating people injured in the incident in Karak, amid an atmosphere charged with anger among residents of the governorate, particularly the families of those injured and killed.<\/p>\n

Karak has a sizeable Christian community in the majority-Muslim Jordan.<\/p>\n

Such violence is rare in the country, but deadly attacks have been carried out in the past.<\/p>\n

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, a Christian head of state, said the “heinous terrorist attack” on the church “violated the sanctity of death and funeral mourners, contradicts all religious and humanitarian values,” according to Lebanese media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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