Jordanian law enforcement officers on 26 October detained three suspects in the attack on a Greek Orthodox church, CBS News reports.
The arrests were accompanied by a shootout. The three suspects were injured, while security personnel were not harmed, the Public Security Directorate said.
The operation was carried out in Karak Governorate, south of Amman, home to a significant part of the country’s Christian minority.
The attack on the Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud took place on Friday, 23 October. A funeral procession was under way in the church at the time. Nine people were killed and more than 20 were injured. Three men took part in the attack, and no terrorist or armed group has claimed responsibility.
“The security services carried out their duties, which led to the arrest of those who committed this terrorist attack,” Jordan’s Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told the state television channel Al-Mamlaka.
According to him, the suspects resisted. Reuters reports that law enforcement officers have not released the detainees’ names and have not suggested any possible links to Islamist militant groups.