Jordanian authorities have arrested three armed suspects following an intensive search for the gunmen who killed eight people and wounded dozens at a church in the Karak governorate, state media reported on Monday.
According to Jordan's Public Security Directorate, security personnel tracked the men to an abandoned house in the Karak village of Al-Jadeeda. When the suspects refused commands to surrender and fired at security forces, officers returned fire, wounding and capturing all three individuals.
A government official informed Al Jazeera that the suspects suffered severe injuries during the confrontation, which lasted around three hours. One suspect remained in critical condition. Jordan's Petra News Agency reported that no security personnel were harmed during the operation, and officers recovered firearms and live ammunition from the location.
The Public Security Directorate stated that "terrorism has no place among us" and reported that the suspects had met their "just fate," though officials did not link the men to any specific organization. Early Monday, Government Communication Minister Mohammad Momani commended the joint operation on X, confirming that the three men were taken into custody after sustaining injuries in the shootout.
The arrests follow an attack on Friday, when three gunmen opened fire during a funeral service at a Greek Orthodox church in Hamoud, a village in Karak situated roughly 1
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