Queen Rania attends funeral for victims of Jordan church attack

Jordan's Queen Rania conveyed condolences to the families of the nine individuals slain in an assault on a Greek Orthodox church in the Karak governorate. On Sunday, members of the royal family, including Queen Rania, Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah, Princess Rajwa, and Princess Salma, visited the village of Hamoud where the victims were interred. The funeral service was held at the same church where the attack transpired on Friday.

Accompanied by their royal companions, Crown Prince Hussein expressed King Abdullah II's sympathies and condolences to the bereaved families. King Abdullah labeled the incident as "terrorism." The Jordanian Ministry of Interior announced that three suspects were apprehended on Monday morning. King Abdullah personally visited the injured at the hospital on Friday, engaging with them to inquire about their well-being, as captured on video by the state broadcaster.

Queen Rania prayed for the victims and was observed consoling their family members. The attack represented the most significant incident against Jordan's Christian minority since the 1950s. All nine victims were male; one was a physician, and another a dentist. The majority belonged to the Halasah clan, one of Jordan's most prominent Christian families.

It remained unclear why only eight of the nine were interred in Hamoud. The assault in Karak, located approximately 100 kilometers south of Amman, occurred during a funeral service.