Jordan arrests three suspects in deadly church attack
Suspects refuse to surrender and attack security forces, who return fire, wound and arrest them, authorities say.
Security forces have arrested three armed suspects in Jordan after days of searching for the attackers who killed eight people and wounded dozens at a church in Jordan’s Karak governorate, state media report.
The suspects were located on Monday while hiding in an abandoned house in the village of Al-Jadeeda in Karak, Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said.
They refused to surrender and attacked security forces, who returned fire and arrested all three after wounding them, the directorate said in a statement published on state media.
“Terrorism has no place among us,” the directorate said, adding that the suspects had met their “just fate” while not mentioning any specific affiliated groups.