Greek Orthodox Church in Jordan

Force in Play

Site of the deadliest attack on Jordan's Christians since the 1950s

Police arrested three men on Monday, October 26, after a dawn standoff in an abandoned house in al-Jadeeda, a village in Karak. They are two brothers, Hazza Zaidan Mohammad and Meshal Zaidan Mohammad, and their brother-in-law, Ahmad Sami Hussein, all Jordanian. The men refused to surrender and fired on officers, who wounded all three. Police found firearms and ammunition, and the interior minister said there is no sign of ties to other cells.

Updated Nov 2