约旦南部一座教堂葬礼遭枪击：7人死亡、34人受伤，内政部长称系恐怖袭击
约旦公共安全局（Public Security Directorate）说，10 月 23 日，约旦南部卡拉克省（Karak）Hmood 村一座希腊东正教教堂正在举行葬礼时，枪手向参加葬礼的人群开枪。公共安全局局长 Obaidullah Al-Maaytah 在记者会上公布的最新数字为 7 人死亡、34 人受伤，其中 27 名伤者仍在医院接受治疗。据 CNN 报道，事发教堂为圣乔治希腊东正教教堂。目击者对约旦国家电视台 Al-Mamlaka 说，事发时教堂内外有 150 至 200 人。
伤亡数字当天几经修订：约旦国家媒体最初报道 7 人死亡，公共安全局随后一度公布为 6 人死亡、28 人受伤；当地时间 18 时，公共安全局局长在记者会上将数字更新为 7 人死亡、34 人受伤。约旦内政部长 Mazen al-Faraya 在 Karak 的记者会上称，这起袭击由一个极端主义团伙实施，是一起前所未有的恐怖袭击，安全部门正日夜追查凶手。约旦总理 Jafar Hassan 当天在 Karak 主持安全委员会会议，跟进处置。安曼总检察长 Hassan al-Abdallat 已下令禁止发布与此案调查有关的新闻、信息、照片和视频，官方政府媒体除外。
目击者 Tamer Halasa 对 Al-Mamlaka 电视台说，枪手乘车抵达，两名男子下车后开始射击，其中一人持 AK-47 步枪，枪声持续数分钟，随后枪手逃离现场。约旦国家电视台播出的画面另显示，第三名男子持半自动步枪向教堂方向开枪。约旦政府发言人 Mohammad al-Momani 说，安全部队正在追捕枪手并调查事件经过。截至发稿，尚无组织宣称对袭击负责。
约旦国王 Abdullah II 当天在 X 上表示，约旦将以最严厉的惩罚应对这起针对 Karak 的恐怖行为，并向遇难者家属致以最深切的哀悼、祝愿伤者康复。黎巴嫩总统 Joseph Aoun 发表声明，谴责这起袭击为恐怖袭击。
Karak 当地有基督徒社区，基督徒约占约旦总人口的 2%，这类针对教堂的袭击在约旦罕见。2016 年 12 月，武装人员曾在 Karak 发动系列袭击，伏击警察并在一座十字军城堡附近作案，造成 10 人死亡，其中包括 7 名警察，枪手在与约旦安全部队的长时间对峙后被击毙。
Gunmen Open Fire at Church Funeral in Southern Jordan: 7 Killed, 34 Wounded, Interior Minister Calls It a Terrorist Attack
Gunmen opened fire on mourners during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hmood in Jordan's southern Karak Governorate on October 23. At a news conference, Jordan's director of public security, Obaidullah Al-Maaytah, gave the latest toll as seven people killed and 34 wounded, with 27 of the wounded still receiving treatment in hospital, Jordan's Public Security Directorate said. CNN reported that the church was St. George's Greek Orthodox Church. A witness told Jordanian state television Al-Mamlaka that between 150 and 200 people were inside and around the church at the time.
The casualty figures were revised several times during the day: Jordanian state media initially reported seven people killed, the Public Security Directorate then put the toll at six killed and 28 wounded, and at 18:00 local time the director of public security updated the figures at a news conference to seven killed and 34 wounded. Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told a news conference in Karak that the attack was carried out by an extremist group and was an unprecedented terrorist attack, and that security services were working around the clock to reach the perpetrators. Prime Minister Jafar Hassan chaired a Security Council meeting in Karak the same day to follow the response. Amman's attorney-general, Hassan al-Abdallat, ordered a ban on publishing news, information, photographs and video related to the investigation of the case, with an exception for official government media.
Witness Tamer Halasa told Al-Mamlaka that the gunmen arrived by car and two men got out and began shooting, one of them carrying an AK-47 rifle, and that the gunfire continued for several minutes before the attackers fled. Footage broadcast by Jordanian state television also showed a third man firing a semiautomatic rifle toward the church. Government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said security forces were pursuing the gunmen and investigating the attack. No group had claimed responsibility as of publication.
King Abdullah II said on X that Jordan would confront the terrorist act that targeted Karak with the harshest penalties, offering his deepest condolences to the families of those killed and his wishes for the recovery of the wounded. Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun issued a statement condemning the shooting as a terrorist attack.
Karak is home to a Christian community, and Christians make up about 2 percent of Jordan's population; attacks of this kind on churches are rare in Jordan. In December 2016, gunmen carried out a series of attacks in Karak, ambushing police and attacking near a Crusader castle, killing 10 people, including seven police officers, before the gunmen were killed after a long standoff with Jordanian security forces.
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图片来源：图：约旦卡拉克（Karak）十字军城堡与山下城镇远景资料图，本次枪击发生在卡拉克省 Hmood 村。摄影：Justwiki，CC0，维基共享资源。Photo: File photo of Kerak Castle overlooking the town of Karak, Jordan; the shooting took place in the village of Hmood in Karak Governorate. Photo by Justwiki, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
