AT LEAST SEVEN KILLED IN ATTACK ON CHURCH

AMMAN, OCTOBER 23 /SRNA/ - At least seven people were killed and an undetermined number wounded in a shooting at a church in Jordan's Karak Governorate, state television reported, citing the Jordanian Public Security Directorate.

According to the report, two attackers got out of a vehicle and opened fire during a funeral service at a church in the village of Hamoud.

Jordanian security services and special forces are being deployed extensively in the area, and a large-scale manhunt is under way to locate and arrest the attackers.

Jordanian Minister of Government Communication Mohammad Hussein al-Momani said that security services were closely monitoring the situation.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.