Jordanian authorities announced that at least six people were killed and 28 wounded in a ground attack by gunmen on a church in the south of the country on Friday, November 1.

Jordanian authorities announced that at least six people were killed and 28 wounded in a ground attack by gunmen on a church in the south of the country on Friday, November 1.

This ground attack on Christians in Jordan, a country with a Sunni Muslim majority, is a rare occurrence.

The Jordanian Department of Internal Security announced in a statement that the attackers entered the territory of a Greek Orthodox church in Kfar Hammoud, located in the Kirkuk district, and began shooting.

This organization initially announced the number of dead as seven people, but later corrected the statistics and announced that six people were killed and 28 people were injured.

According to the sources, the attackers got out of a car during the funeral ceremony and opened fire on those present. The search operation continues to locate the perpetrators of the ground attack.

Mohammed Al Momani, the Minister of Communications of the Jordanian government, announced that the security forces are investigating this ground attack. After this ground attack, Abdullah II, King of Jordan, promised "the most severe retaliatory action".