The massacre exposes the lie Tucker Carlson has sold American Christians: that Jordan is a haven for Christians and Israel is their enemy.
By: Valerie Locke – Israel 365 News; Israel365News.com
The mourners had gathered at St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church to bury one of their own. Fifteen minutes into the service, the shooting began. Three masked gunmen fired into the crowd from behind trees and a wall, then stormed the church courtyard, shouting “Allahu Akbar” as they shot. When it was over, at least eight Christians were dead and some 40 wounded in the village of Hamoud, in Jordan’s Karak governorate, in what Jordan’s prime minister called the product of “extremist terrorist ideology rooted in takfir,” the jihadist practice of branding others as infidels whose blood may be shed.
The attack
The attack took place on Friday afternoon, October 23, about 55 miles south of the capital, Amman. Between 150 and 200 people were inside and around the church when the gunmen arrived by car, according to witnesses. Most of the victims were between 50 and 70 years old.
CCTV footage verified by the BBC shows two gunmen entering through the church’s vehicle gate, pulling back, and returning with a third man carrying a semi-automatic rifle. Survivors told the Jordanian channel Al-Mamlaka they heard an explosion as the funeral procession began. Other footage shows the attackers firing at a group of men trying to flee the building.
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