OCTOBER 24 UPDATE: Reuters reports eight people killed and 40 wounded in Friday’s church funeral attack in Jordan’s Karak governorate.
The U.S. embassy says security has increased at malls and foreign embassies. Authorities are still pursuing the attackers; no group has claimed responsibility.
The figures update TNC’s earlier seven-death, 34-injury report. TNC has not independently verified the toll.
Latest source: Reuters, October 24 at 2:17 a.m. EDT.
Earlier reporting: October 23
Reuters and AP report seven deaths and 34 injuries after gunmen attacked a funeral at Hamoud Church in Jordan’s Karak governorate on October 23.
Reuters cites the police chief’s news conference. TNC’s earlier report carried television’s estimate of about 10 injured.
The figures remain attributed and preliminary; TNC has not independently reconciled differing counts.
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