Queen Rania attends funeral for victims of Jordan church attack

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Queen Rania visits village after deadly church attack

Crown Prince Hussein was also present at the procession

The National

October 26, 2026

Queen Rania on Sunday offered condolences to the families of the nine people killed when gunmen attacked a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan's Karak governorate.

Members of the royal family arrived at the church in Hamoud village, where the victims were laid to rest. The funeral was held at the same church where the attack took place on Friday.

Queen Rania and Crown Prince Hussein were accompanied by Princess Rajwa and Princess Salma, according to Jordan's news agency.

During the visit, Crown Prince Hussein expressed the sympathies and condolences of King Abdullah II to the families.

Show caption: Crown Prince Hussein offers condolences at a memorial for th…

King Abdullah had labelled the attack as "terrorism" and Jordan's Ministry of Interior said the suspects had been apprehended on Monday morning. The King visited the injured in hospital on Friday and spoke with them to check on their condition, according to footage aired by the state-owned broadcaster

Queen Rania prayed for the victims and was seen comforting their family members.

It was the biggest attack against Jordan's Christian minority since the 1950s.

The dead were all men. One was a doctor, another a dentist. Most belonged to the Halasah clan, one of the most prominent Christian families in Jordan. It was not immediately known why only eight of the nine were buried in Hamoud.

Karak, about 100km south of Amman, has a concentration of Christians in the overwhelmingly Muslim kingdom. The attack took place during a funeral.

Updated:

October 26, 2026, 4:53 AM