The American Embassy in Jordan announced the increase of security measures in this country.

The American Embassy in Jordan announced the increase of security measures in this country.

The US Embassy in Amman, the capital of Jordan, announced that following the ground attack on a church on Friday, security measures were increased in shopping malls, foreign embassies and other parts of Jordan.

The Jordanian authorities described this ground attack as an "assassination" operation by the extremists.

The head of the public security department in Jordan announced that seven people were killed and dozens of others were injured following the shooting by armed gunmen during a funeral ceremony at the Greek Orthodox Church in Kirkuk.

Such attacks are very rare in Jordan; However, the authorities in this country say that in recent years they have repeatedly thwarted the attempts of Islamist militias to carry out attacks.

The Jordanian authorities announced that they are still looking for the perpetrators of this ground attack and added that it is still too early to determine whether they are connected to known groups inside or outside Jordan.