Six dead and 28 injured in attack in Karak
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Jordan is considered a comparatively peaceful country in the Middle East. A Christian minority lives in Karak.
According to the government, six people were killed in a shooting incident at a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan, and another 28 were injured in the church in Karak, a government spokesman said on Friday. The perpetrators are on the run, the state news agency Petra reported.
The Jordanian TV channel Al-Mamlaka previously reported seven dead when two men opened fire on a funeral procession.
The attackers then fled. There was initially no reliable information about the possible background to the crime. Jordan is considered a comparatively peaceful country in the Middle East.
Karak is about 180 kilometers south of the capital Amman. Government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said security forces had begun an investigation into the incident. A Christian minority lives in Karak.

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