Gunmen kill 7 at Jordan church, king vows retaliation

Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded dozens at a church in southern Jordan on Friday, authorities said, with the king vowing retaliation for the rare attack on Christians in the majority Sunni Muslim kingdom.Assailants stormed the compound of a Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hammoud in Karak governorate and opened fire, authorities said.The gunmen got out of a vehicle and started shooting during a funeral procession, the public security directorate said in a statement, adding that a manhunt was under way for the perpetrators.“The terrorist attack against Karak will be met with the harshest retaliation,” King Abdullah II said in an English-language social media post.“We will strike with an iron fist against those who dare to threaten our nation.”CCTV footage shows the moment gunmen attacked a Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hammoud in Jordan’s Karak governorate on Friday. Photo: Al Mamlaka TV via AFPAccording to images from state broadcaster Al-Mamlaka, the king arrived in Karak on Friday evening.After authorities gave a death toll of six, Director of Public Security Major General Abdullah Al-Maaytah said it had risen to seven with 34 injured, 27 of whom were still receiving treatment.