Deadly church attack shocks Jordan's deep-rooted Christian community
The National · 24 Oct 2026

Deadly church attack shocks Jordan's deep-rooted Christian community

Jordan’s small Christian community was reeling on Saturday, a day after the killing of eight of its members in what authorities called a terrorist attack on a church. Friday’s attack on St George's Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud was the largest attack against the country’s Christians since the mid 1950s. Overnight, Jordanian authorities increased the death toll from seven to eight and said none of the three assailants had not yet been captured. Hamoud is about 80km south of Amman.


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