Another victim dies after Jordan church shooting, 26 still in hospital

A church attack in southern Jordan's village of Hammoud has resulted in eight fatalities, with an additional 26 individuals hospitalized.

The attack occurred during a funeral procession when gunmen stormed the Greek Orthodox church, prompting Jordanian authorities to classify it as a terrorist act.

King Abdullah II has vowed harsh retaliation, and a national mourning period was declared by Prime Minister Jafar Hassan.

Security forces continue to pursue the perpetrators in response to this act of violence in a region with a significant Christian community.

AMMAN, Oct 24 — A person wounded in Friday’s attack on a church in southern Jordan has died of their injuries, bringing the number of people killed to eight, Health Minister Ibrahim al-Bdour told AFP on Saturday.

“The number of victims who died in the attack on the church in the village of Hammoud in Karak has risen to eight following the death of one of the injured who was in critical condition,” the minister said.

Another 26 people remain hospitalised, including one in critical condition, he said.

Gunmen stormed the compound of a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud in Karak governorate during a funeral procession on Friday and opened fire, Jordanian authorities said.

“A terrorist group has carried out a horrific act, one that is condemned in every respect, and the security services are working round the clock to track them down,” Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told a press conference.

Condemning it as a terrorist attack, King Abdullah II, who visited wounded victims hospitalised in Karak, said on X the shooting “will be met with the harshest retaliation”.

Prime Minister Jafar Hassan ordered a three-day period of national mourning from Friday, with flags to be flown at half-mast over government and public institutions.

Karak is home to a significant Christian community in the Muslim-majority kingdom, where Christians make up between two and three per cent of the population. — AFP

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约旦南部哈穆德村发生教堂袭击事件，造成8人死亡，另有26人住院治疗。

袭击发生在葬礼游行期间，枪手冲进希腊东正教教堂，促使约旦当局将其定性为恐怖主义行为。

阿卜杜拉二世国王誓言要进行严厉报复，首相贾法尔·哈桑宣布全国进入哀悼期。

针对这起发生在基督教人口众多地区的暴力事件，安全部队将继续追捕肇事者。

安曼，10 月 24 日——约旦卫生部长易卜拉欣·巴杜尔周六告诉法新社，周五约旦南部一座教堂发生的袭击事件中，一名受伤者因伤势过重死亡，死亡人数上升至八人。

部长表示：“卡拉克哈穆德村教堂袭击事件中的死亡人数已上升至八人，此前一名伤势危重的伤者不幸去世。”

他说，另有 26 人仍在住院治疗，其中一人情况危急。

约旦当局称，周五，在卡拉克省哈穆德村的一场葬礼游行期间，一群枪手闯入一座希腊东正教教堂的院落并开火。

内政部长马赞·法拉亚在新闻发布会上表示：“一个恐怖组织实施了骇人听闻的暴行，这种暴行在任何方面都应受到谴责，安全部门正在夜以继日地追捕他们。”

阿卜杜拉二世国王谴责这是一起恐怖袭击，他前往卡拉克探望了受伤的受害者，并于12月表示，枪击事件“将遭到最严厉的报复”。

总理贾法尔·哈桑下令从周五开始全国哀悼三天，政府和公共机构的旗帜降半旗致哀。

在穆斯林占多数的沙特阿拉伯王国，卡拉克拥有相当​​数量的基督徒，基督徒占总人口的2%到3%。——法新社

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