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Jordanians gather in Karak to bury church attack victims

Thousands attended funerals in the village of Hamoud in southern Jordan after the assault on a Greek Orthodox church on Friday.

Jordanians gather in Karak to bury church attack victims
Photograph: BBC Arabic

What to know

  • Mourners assembled in Hamoud in the Karak governorate, south of Amman.
  • The victims died in an armed attack on a Greek Orthodox church.
  • The attack took place on Friday, according to BBC Arabic.

Thousands of Jordanians gathered in the village of Hamoud in the Karak governorate, in southern Jordan, to bury victims of an armed attack on a Greek Orthodox church there on Friday, BBC Arabic reported. Mourners attended funerals for those killed in the assault, which struck the church in Karak.

The report did not give a death toll, name the victims or say whether anyone had been detained over the attack. It also did not describe the circumstances of the assault or identify a motive, leaving open questions about how the attack was carried out and what response authorities plan.

Reporting credit

Written by the NationsDesk desk. The underlying reporting is by BBC Arabic.

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