Jordan arrests three suspects in deadly church attack

Suspects refuse to surrender and attack security forces, who return fire, wound and arrest them, authorities say.

Al JazeeraAl Jazeera Staff2026-10-26 07:03查看原文 ↗

Suspects refuse to surrender and attack security forces, who return fire, wound and arrest them, authorities say.

Jordanian police officers patrol near mourners during the funeral of people killed in an attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, Jordan, on, October 25, 2026 [Raad Adayleh/AP Photo]

Security forces have arrested three ⁠armed suspects in Jordan after days of searching for the attackers who killed eight people and wounded dozens at a church in Jordan’s Karak governorate, state media report.

The suspects were located on Monday while hiding in an abandoned house in the village of Al-Jadeeda in Karak, Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said.

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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.

A Jordanian government source told Al Jazeera that the attackers sustained serious injuries during the confrontation with the security forces.

One of the suspects was in a critical condition as a result of the injuries sustained during the fighting, which lasted for about three hours, the source said.

No casualties were reported among security personnel, and a search of the site yielded firearms and live ammunition, according to Jordan’s Petra News Agency.

“Terrorism has no place among us,” the directorate said, adding that the ⁠suspects had met their “just fate” while not mentioning any specific affiliated groups.

In a statement posted on X early on Monday, Government Communication Minister Mohammad Momani commended the efforts of security forces involved in what he called a successful joint operation. Momani confirmed that all three suspects were injured and taken into custody following fighting after they refused to surrender.

On Friday, three gunmen opened fire at a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud in Karak, about ‌120km (75 miles) southwest of the capital, Amman, killing eight people and injuring 40, according to Jordan’s Ministry of Health.

Of the injured, 27 remained in hospital on Monday. The director of Prince Ali Military Hospital in the city of Karak said one person was in critical condition after undergoing surgery.

Karak is home to many members of Jordan’s Christian minority, which makes up about 300,000 of the country’s 11.5 million people.

King Abdullah II said those behind the attack would face the “harshest penalties” as he offered his condolences to the victims’ families. He has ordered a review of the country’s security procedures for responding to attacks.

Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya added that authorities were reviewing the circumstances that ‌lead ‌young people to embrace violence and would hold accountable anyone found to have participated in the attack.

据当局称，嫌疑人拒绝投降并袭击安全部队，安全部队还击，击伤并逮捕了他们。

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据约旦国家媒体报道，经过数日搜捕，约旦安全部队逮捕了三名武装嫌疑人。此前，袭击者在约旦卡拉克省一座教堂造成八人死亡、数十人受伤。

约旦公共安全局称，周一，嫌疑人在卡拉克省阿尔贾迪达村一栋废弃房屋内被发现。

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该指挥部在国家媒体上发表的一份声明中表示，他们拒绝投降并袭击了安全部队，安全部队还击并将三人全部击伤后逮捕。

约旦政府消息人士告诉半岛电视台，袭击者在与安全部队的冲突中受了重伤。

消息人士称，其中一名嫌疑人在持续约三个小时的打斗中受伤，目前情况危急。

据约旦佩特拉通讯社报道，安保人员无伤亡，搜查现场后发现了枪支和实弹。

“恐怖主义在我们中间没有立足之地，”该部门表示，并补充说嫌疑人已经得到了“应有的惩罚”，但没有提及任何具体的关联组织。