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The Public Security Directorate said no member of the Jordanian
forces was wounded in the dawn shootout in Karak, south of
Jordan’s capital, Amman.
The attack on Friday in Karak, which is home to a minority
Christian population, struck the Greek Orthodox Church during a
funeral. Three men were reported to have taken part in the
attack.
There has been no claim of responsibility, and no armed group
has been accused of the attack.
Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya identified the three
men as those responsible for the attack.
“The security services have fulfilled their duties, resulting in
the capture of those who carried out this terrorist act,” he
said in a phone interview with state TV Al-Mamlaka. “They put up
fierce resistance against the security forces, but were
ultimately subdued and taken into custody, having sustained
severe injuries.”
He added that there “are three individuals involved; they were
identified early on in the wake of the terrorist incident, and
the security services employed all the means at their disposal
to apprehend them.”
King Abdullah II had ordered authorities to respond with “an
iron fist” against what he called the outlaws of Islam and
anyone attempting to undermine the unity of the Jordanian
people.
“We vowed the terrorists would not escape punishment, and no
proponent of dark ideologies that divide Jordanians will be
tolerated,” he said in a statement on Monday.
Relatives of the victims said the arrests brought them some
relief.
“Despite the profound and immense tragedy, what happened today
has eased our grief — and the grief of the Jordanian people —
not just for us, the families of the martyrs," Khaled al-Borqan,
himself a survivor of the attack and a relative of three of the
people killed, told Al-Mamlaka.
“Despite the sadness and pain, the news brought us joy,” Fares
Halaseh, an uncle of one of the victims and a survivor of the
attack, told the TV station.
But the pain remains, he added. "We will not forget this agony
for years to come.”
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