Jordan’s King Abdullah orders firm response after deadly church attack - Al Jazeera
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Authorities searching for attackers say it’s too early to determine if they had ties to known groups, as the death toll rises to nine. Jordan’s King Abdullah has ordered security forces to respond firmly and pursue those behind a church attack in the Karak governorate that killed nine people and wounded 40, the royal court has said. The country has already increased security across malls, foreign embassies and other locations across the country in response to the attack, according to the US embassy in Amman, as authorities continue to search for the perpetrators. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Every day could cost lives’: UK government blocks Gaza families’ reunionlist 2 of 3WW1 to Houthis: British jets for Saudi Arabia build on long military bondlist 3 of 3From one house to villages: Israeli settlers have Palestinians surroundedend of listOn Friday, assailants fired for several minutes in broad daylight during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak governorate, about 120km (75 miles) southwest of the capital, Amman, in what Jordanian authorities described as an “act of extremist terrorism”.
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