Jordanian security forces arrested three suspects early on Monday in connection with Friday's attack on a church in the south of the country that killed nine people, Jordanian state television reported, according to Reuters. The arrests end a manhunt that had run since gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud, in Karak governorate, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of the capital Amman.

Source: Reuters, Oct 26

Jordan's Public Security Directorate said security forces located the three suspects early on Monday hiding in an abandoned house in Karak. The directorate said the suspects refused to surrender and opened fire on the security forces, who returned fire and arrested all three after they were wounded. No security personnel were injured, and a number of firearms and ammunition were found in the suspects' possession, the directorate said in a statement carried on state media.

The directorate said "terrorism has no place among us" and that the suspects had met their "just fate". It did not identify the suspects' affiliation or say whether they belonged to any militant group.

Attack killed nine, wounded 40

In Friday's attack, gunmen opened fire during a funeral at the Greek Orthodox church in Hamoud, killing nine people and wounding 40 others, Reuters reported. Witnesses said the shooting lasted several minutes. Thousands of mourners attended funerals for the victims in Karak on Sunday.

Jordanian authorities have described the attackers as "extremist terrorists", but have said it was too early to determine whether they had links to known groups inside or outside Jordan. There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.

Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya said on Monday that authorities were reviewing the circumstances that led young people towards extremism and would hold accountable anyone found to have participated in the attack. King Abdullah has ordered security forces to respond with an "iron fist" to the attack, a rare assault on Jordan's Christian minority.