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Jordan arrests three suspects in deadly church attack, state media says

Jordanian security forces arrested three armed suspects after a shootout on Monday in connection with an attack ​on a church in the US-allied country that killed nine people, state television ​reported. Friday's attack during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in ⁠the village of Hamoud in Karak governorate, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of ​the capital Amman, also wounded 40 others. Witnesses said the shooting lasted several minutes. Jordan's Public ​Security Directorate said the suspects were located while hiding in an abandoned house in Karak. They refused to surrender and attacked security forces, who returned fire and arrested all three after wounding ​them, the directorate said in a statement published on state media. No security ​personnel were injured, and a number of firearms and ammunition were found in the suspects' possession. Jordanian ‌authorities ⁠have said the violence was carried out by "extremist terrorists". There has been no c...
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Jordan arrests three suspects in deadly church attack, state media says

Jordanian security forces arrested three armed suspects after a shootout on Monday in connection with an attack ​on a church in the US-allied country that killed nine people, state television ​reported. Friday's attack during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in ⁠the village of Hamoud in Karak governorate, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of ​the capital Amman, also wounded 40 others. Witnesses said the shooting lasted several minutes. Jordan's Public ​Security Directorate said the suspects were located while hiding in an abandoned house in Karak. They refused to surrender and attacked security forces, who returned fire and arrested all three after wounding ​them, the directorate said in a statement published on state media. No security ​personnel were injured, and a number of firearms and ammunition were found in the suspects' possession. Jordanian ‌authorities ⁠have said the violence was carried out by "extremist terrorists". There has been no claim of responsibility. Read: Jordan king orders 'iron fist' response to deadly church attack "Terrorism has no place among us," the directorate said, adding that the suspects had met their "just fate". King Abdullah, a US partner in the fight against militant ​groups, has ordered security ​forces to respond ⁠with an "iron fist" to the rare attack on the Christian minority. Such violence is highly unusual in Jordan, a relatively stable ​state in the Middle East, though authorities say they have ​foiled several ⁠Islamist militant plots over the years. The Public Security Directorate did not name the suspects or publicly identify possible affiliations with any Islamist militant groups. Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya ⁠said ​authorities were reviewing the circumstances that led young ​people towards extremism and would hold accountable anyone found to have participated in the attack.

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