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.