Based on reporting by Al-Monitor

Wire reporting: (Reuters, via Al-Monitor)

A lawyer who attended Friday's funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Hamoud, in Jordan's Karak governorate, told Reuters he saw two men after the shooting stopped, one of them masked, and that one pointed a handgun at him and fired from a few meters away¹.

Reuters, carried by Al-Monitor and Arab News, said prayer had just begun when Nasser al-Burqan first thought an air conditioner had exploded, then recognized gunfire; some people fled while others, some bleeding, hid in the church, where a relative of his was being buried¹.

Jordanian authorities described the attack as extremist terrorism, according to the same report, and said eight people were killed and about 40 wounded; they were still searching for the gunmen and said it was too early to say whether they had ties to known groups inside or outside Jordan¹.

King Abdullah visited Karak hours after the shooting and said those responsible would be punished, the report said; there was no immediate claim of responsibility, and the U.S. embassy in Amman said security had been increased at malls, foreign embassies and other sites¹.

Context: WhatsNewPaper previously reported official accounts that gunmen opened fire during the funeral in Karak, with casualty figures that later reports have revised upward. Reuters' Hamoud dispatch is a survivor interview, not independent confirmation of the new death toll¹.

Sources

1. (Reuters, via Al-Monitor)Jordan church attack survivor says assailant pointed handgun at himOct 24, 6:46 AM

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