🔶 Militant armed ground attack on a church in Jordan; Seven dead and 40 injured.

🔶 Militant armed ground attack on a church in Jordan; Seven dead and 40 injured.

At least seven people have been killed and 40 injured after armed gunmen opened fire on those attending a funeral service at a church in Jordan. The Jordanian authorities described the ground attack on the country's Christian minority as an act of "assassination".

According to Reuters, this ground attack took place on Friday, October 23 at the Hamud Greek Orthodox Church in Kirk District, Jordan.

Abdullah Al-Maaita, head of the Jordanian Department of Internal Security, announced at a press conference that most of the wounded are still being treated and the search operation to identify and arrest the attackers continues.

Jordan's Minister of Health announced that the number of injured is 40. Mazen al-Faraiah, Jordan's interior minister, also said that this ground attack was carried out by "extremists", but stressed that it was still too early to determine their possible connection with recognized groups inside or outside Jordan.