Berri condemns the targeting of a funeral procession in Hammoud Church in Karak
18:51 · 23 October 2026
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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri condemned the heinous crime that targeted a funeral procession in the sanctuary of St. George Church in the Karak Governorate in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The Jordanian Public Security Directorate announced that the attack led to the death of six people and the injury of 28 others, after Al-Mamlaka TV initially reported seven deaths.
In a statement, Berri described what happened as "a cowardly terrorist crime condemned by all standards, customs and laws. Insofar as it is a targeting of the human soul that God has forbidden attacking and killing, it is an aggression against the values and principles of faith, foremost of which is the authentic Muhammadan Islam, which is nothing but a mercy to the worlds and a permanent call for tolerance, the kind word, and the rejection of sin and aggression."
Berri, from the King, parliament, government, and people of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, from the families of the victims, and from His Eminence the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, John
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