跟进：约旦教堂葬礼枪击后全国加强安保、枪手仍在逃，国王称将“以铁腕”惩处
安曼——约旦10月24日在全国加强安保，美国驻安曼大使馆说，商场、外国使馆等地点的安全措施已经加强；与此同时，当局仍在搜捕23日在卡拉克省胡穆德一座希腊正教会教堂葬礼上开枪的枪手。路透社10月24日的报道将死亡人数更新为8人、伤者40人；本站此前报道的数字为7人死亡、34人受伤，数字随官方更新而修订。
枪手23日白天在葬礼进行期间连续开枪数分钟，约旦当局称此案为极端主义恐怖袭击，目前尚无组织宣称负责。约旦此类袭击较为罕见，但美国的盟友约旦当局表示，近年来已多次挫败伊斯兰极端分子的图谋。卡拉克省希汉村村长巴赫贾特·鲁什达（Bahjatal-Rushda）谴责这起袭击“邪恶”。约旦首相贾法尔·哈桑（Jafar Hassan）在社交平台X上说：“这是恐怖主义意识形态与盲目极端主义的结果，我们不会允许社会走上这条道路。”约旦国王阿卜杜拉在袭击发生数小时后访问卡拉克，称作案者将受到“铁腕”惩处。路透社的视频画面显示，警察24日在胡穆德教堂外巡逻，该地距首都安曼西南约120公里。
一名在医院照顾伤员的男子塔里克·阿马林（Tarek Ammarin）说：“这是一场大屠杀，名副其实的大屠杀。”他的亲属在袭击中受伤。当局说，现在判断枪手是否与约旦境内外的已知组织有关还为时过早。基督徒在约旦人口中占少数，该国拥有多处吸引世界各地基督教朝圣者的《圣经》遗址。
（GSM据路透社及美国有线电视新闻网报道综合整理）
Follow-up: Jordan Steps Up Security After Deadly Church Attack; Gunmen Still at Large as King Vows 'Iron Fist'
AMMAN — Security was stepped up at malls, foreign embassies and other locations across Jordan on October 24, the U.S. embassy in Amman said, as authorities searched for gunmen who opened fire at a funeral in a Greek Orthodox church in Hamoud, Karak governorate, on October 23.
Reuters' October 24 report put the death toll at eight, with 40 wounded; GSM's earlier report gave seven dead and 34 wounded, and the figures have since been revised as official updates arrived.
The assailants fired for several minutes in broad daylight during the funeral, in what Jordanian authorities described as an act of extremist terrorism. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Such attacks are rare in Jordan, although authorities in the U.S.-allied kingdom say they have repeatedly foiled plots by Islamist militants in recent years. Bahjat al-Rushda, mayor of Shihan village in Karak, condemned what he called a "wicked" attack. Prime Minister Jafar Hassan said on X: "This is a result of a terrorist ideology and blind extremism and we will not allow society to go down this path." King Abdullah visited Karak hours after the attack and said the perpetrators would be punished "with an iron fist." Reuters video footage showed police patrolling on Saturday outside the Hamoud church, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of the
capital Amman. "A massacre, a massacre in every sense of the word," said Tarek Ammarin at a hospital where the wounded were being treated; a relative of Ammarin's was injured in the attack. Authorities said it was too early to determine whether the attackers had links to known groups inside or outside Jordan. Christians make up a minority of Jordan's population, and the country is home to several biblical sites that attract Christian pilgrims from around the world.
(GSM, from Reuters and CNN)
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：希腊东正教教堂内景，资料图。 / Interior of a Greek Orthodox church (file photo).
