Crimeupdated 53m ago2 min read
MapJordan Holds Joint Funerals for Saint George Church Attack Victims in Hamoud, Pursues Gunmen
7 West Asian4 Other3 Western Mainstream1 Western AlternativeMap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL · Cropped for layout
This article is an automated aggregation of coverage from news outlets. Our editorials offer in-depth analysis curated by the NewsCord team.
Nine people killed and many wounded; investigations ongoing into the Karak church attack. Jordan declares three days of national mourning following the church attack.
15 outlets told this the same way.
Outlets did split on Canada Border Services Agency Charges Five Over Immigration Fraud Involving 209 Bangladeshi Nationals →
Funerals in Hamoud
Karak Governorate in Jordan began official and public funeral ceremonies for victims of the armed attack on the Greek Orthodox Saint George Church in the village of Hamoud, with authorities confirming that investigations will continue to pursue those responsible and bring them to justice. Jordan’s Jordan News Agency (PETRA) announced unified official and popular funeral rites would be held at 1:00 PM, with processions starting from several churches and heading to the burial site in Hamoud.
Prime Minister Jaafar al-Hassan told a cabinet meeting that “the ideology of extremism and takfiri thought must be uprooted from its roots,” and he said “confronting extremism is not a security battle alone, but a battle of awareness and thought.” Al Jazeera reported that the toll of the attack rose to 9 dead and 34 wounded after gunmen opened fire during funerals held around the church last Friday, in an incident that caused widespread shock in Jordan.
Search for gunmen
Security forces in Jordan searched for three gunmen who opened fire at a church in Karak governorate on Friday, killing eight people and injuring dozens more, according to Jordan’s Ministry of Health. King Abdullah II said those behind the attack would face the “harshest penalties,” and he ordered a review of the country’s security procedures for responding to terrorist attacks.
Al Jazeera described the attack as three masked gunmen opening fire during a funeral in a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud, with survivors saying they heard an explosion just after the start of the service. Anadolu Ajansı said Jordan declared three days of national mourning after gunmen opened fire at a funeral, killing at least seven people and injuring 28, according to officials, and it quoted Public Security Directorate spokesman Amer Sartawi calling the shooting a “criminal incident.”
Justice and mourning
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent condolences to Jordan’s King Abdullah II after the attack on the church in Karak that killed nine people and injured at least 40 others, according to the Saudi Press Agency. King Abdullah vowed a firm response, ordering security forces to pursue those responsible and conduct a comprehensive security review to prevent similar attacks, as Jordan declared three days of national mourning while authorities continued their search for the assailants.
DW said the Ministry of Health clarified that 25 people wounded remained hospitalized after two wounded people died of their wounds, bringing the death toll to nine, and it noted that authorities had reported seven dead and 34 injured on Friday. The European Union condemned the attack and expressed “full support for the ongoing investigation” by Jordanian authorities, while its statement also expressed solidarity with the people and Government of Jordan and extended thoughts to the victims’ families.