Gunmen kill at least seven at Jordan church funeral and injure 34

Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan’s Karak governorate, killing at least seven people and injuring 34. The Washington Examiner identifies the village as Hamoud; persecution.org calls the site Hammoud Church.

PBS’s headline also reports seven killed and 34 wounded, while NewsCord’s headline describes the church as being in Karak and says seven were killed. Jordan’s Public Security Directorate director, Obaidullah al Maaytah, said most of the wounded were hospitalized, according to the Washington Examiner.

Persecution.org, citing the Associated Press, reported that public security director Maj. Gen. Obeidallah Maaytah said 27 injured people were still receiving treatment. The accounts therefore provide a treatment figure and a broader hospitalization description, without specifying whether those categories overlap.

The reports describe the gathering as a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church. The Washington Examiner says people at the church told al Mamlaka that about 150 to 200 people were at the funeral procession during the shooting.

That account also reports that one assailant had a pistol and another had a rifle; those details are attributed to people present, not to an official finding. King Abdullah II said on X that Jordan would confront the attack with the harshest penalties. He also offered condolences to the families of those killed and wished the wounded recovery.

His statement, as reported by persecution.org, presents the government’s stated position on punishment and sympathy for those affected; it does not identify the gunmen. An International Christian Concern staffer in the region called the incident deeply distressing, pointing to the fact that people had gathered in a church to mourn and remember.

Persecution.org identifies International Christian Concern as a registered nonprofit charity. The staffer’s comment emphasizes the religious setting and the vulnerability of mourners; the reports do not give a motive for the shooting. The confirmed toll in the accounts is at least seven killed and 34 injured.

EWTN News’s headline gives a lower minimum of six killed and describes the wounded as dozens, while PBS gives the seven-and-34 figures. The reports do not resolve the discrepancy between EWTN’s lower minimum and the other stated tolls.

The immediate documented consequences are the deaths and injuries, ongoing treatment for some of the wounded, and King Abdullah II’s pledge of harsh penalties. The reporting does not identify suspects, describe an investigation’s findings, or establish what led to the shooting.