Six killed at church shooting in Jordan

Jordanian authorities said that six people have been killed, and 28 injured, after gunmen opened fire at a church in the Karak governate.

They attacked a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, which is around 110 miles south of Amman, the country’s capital.

Reports say that the gunmen arrived in a car and began shooting inside the church before fleeing, in an attack that government spokesperson Dr al-Momani Mohammad described as “heinous.”

People were gathered at the church for a funeral, and one of the mourners, Khaled Burqan, told Jordan’s al-Mamlaka state-run TV that two gunmen — one armed with a rifle and the other with a pistol — were firing for several minutes.

However, footage aired by al-Mamlaka appears to show three gunmen involved in the attack.

There is expected to be a news briefing by interior ministry officials soon and al-Momani said the prime minister will chair a security council with all ministers present.

So far no-one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II said authorities would “confront the terrorist act that targeted Karak with the harshest penalties.”

“Whoever imagines that the bullets of treachery can divide the ranks of Jordanians will fail in