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Death toll from Jordan church attack rises to 9

Global Published 25 October 2026, 02:25 · archived 24 Oct 2026

AMMAN: Two people wounded in Friday’s attack on a church in southern Jordan have died of their injuries, bringing the number of people killed to nine, health minister Ibrahim al-Bdour told AFP on Saturday. “The number of victims who died in the terrorist attack on the church in the village of Al-Hamoud in Karak has risen to nine following the death on Saturday of a second casualty who had been in a critical condition,” the minister said. Another 25 people remain hospitalised, he added. Gunmen stormed the compound of a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud in Karak governorate during ...

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