At least seven killed in attack at church in Jordan, state-owned outlet says

At least seven people were killed and 10 others ​injured on Friday when gunmen opened fire ‌during a funeral at a church in Jordan’s Karak governorate, the state-owned television station Al-Mamlaka reported.

Security forces had ​deployed at the church and were pursuing ​the suspects, the station reported. It said ⁠two gunmen got out of a vehicle and ​opened fire during a funeral procession at the ​Hamoud church in Karak.

Khaled Burqan, a man who had been attending the funeral, told Al-Mamlaka that dozens of people ​had been attending the funeral and two men — ​one carrying a rifle and another carrying a pistol — opened ‌fire ⁠on them for several minutes.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, and Jordanian authorities did not say who was responsible.

Such attacks ​are extremely ​rare in ⁠Jordan, which is relatively stable but has been increasingly targeted by Iranian attacks ​this year since the US and ​Israel ⁠launched strikes against Iran in February.

Christians make up a minority of Jordan’s population, though the country is ⁠home ​to several biblical sites that ​attract Christian pilgrims from around the world.