Jordan mourns victims of deadly church shooting in Karak
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Jordan declared three days of national mourning after gunmen attacked mourners attending a funeral at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Hamoud village, in the southern governorate of Karak, on Friday.
Initial reports said at least seven people were killed and 34 to 40 others wounded. A later report by Anadolu Ajansi, citing Jordan’s state-run Petra news agency, put the death toll at nine. Accounts of the attack said gunmen entered the church and opened fire.
King Abdullah II promised a forceful response, saying the attackers would face the “harshest retaliation” and that Jordan would “strike with an iron fist” against anyone threatening the country. He said the violence would not divide Jordanians and offered condolences to the victims’ families.
Jordanians gathered to mourn those killed. India and Malaysia separately condemned the shooting and expressed solidarity with Jordan. India’s Ministry of External Affairs reaffirmed its opposition to terrorism in all forms. Malaysia called the assault an act of extremism and a grave violation of the sanctity of a religious site, while extending condolences to the Jordanian government, the public and the victims’ families.
HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Delete the unsupported claim that India’s foreign ministry explicitly described the shooting as a terrorist attack. - "India’s Ministry of External Affairs described it as a terrorist attack": The cited Indian Express report says the ministry condemned a “heinous attack” and reaffirmed its commitment to fighting terrorism, but does not say the ministry explicitly characterized the shooting as a terrorist attack.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Jordan mourns victims of deadly church shooting in Karak
Jordan declared three days of national mourning after gunmen attacked mourners attending a funeral at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Hamoud village, in the southern governorate of Karak, on Friday.
Initial reports said at least seven people were killed and 34 to 40 others wounded. A later report by Anadolu Ajansi, citing Jordan’s state-run Petra news agency, put the death toll at nine. Accounts of the attack said gunmen entered the church and opened fire.
King Abdullah II promised a forceful response, saying the attackers would face the “harshest retaliation” and that Jordan would “strike with an iron fist” against anyone threatening the country. He said the violence would not divide Jordanians and offered condolences to the victims’ families.
Jordanians gathered to mourn those killed. India and Malaysia separately condemned the shooting and expressed solidarity with Jordan. India’s Ministry of External Affairs described it as a terrorist attack and reaffirmed its opposition to terrorism in all forms. Malaysia called the assault an act of extremism and a grave violation of the sanctity of a religious site, while extending condolences to the Jordanian government, the public and the victims’ families.
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