约旦哈穆德10月24日电 - 约旦国王阿卜杜拉周六下令安全部队以“铁腕”回应，当时当局正在搜捕周五在一场教堂葬礼上开枪打死八人的枪手。
HAMOUD, Jordan, Oct 24 - Jordan's King Abdullah ordered security forces on Saturday to respond with an "iron fist" as authorities searched for gunmen who opened fire and killed eight people during a church funeral service.
袭击者在卡拉克省一座希腊东正教教堂、大白天连续开枪数分钟，还打伤40人，这是针对约旦基督教少数群体的罕见袭击。
The assailants fired for several minutes in broad daylight at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak governorate on Friday, and also wounded 40 people in the rare attack on Jordan's Christian minority.
美国驻安曼大使馆表示，全王国的商场、外国使馆及其他地点的安保已得到加强。
Security was stepped up at malls, foreign embassies and other locations across the kingdom, the US embassy in Amman said.
皇家宫廷称，阿卜杜拉国王在主持国家安全委员会会议时谴责这起“卑鄙的恐怖行为”，并表示在约旦人生命安全问题上没有任何宽容余地。
King Abdullah condemned the "despicable terrorist act" as he chaired a National Security Council meeting, and said there was no room for leniency when it comes to the lives of Jordanians, the royal court said.
目前尚无组织宣称对这起袭击负责。该国是美国打击武装组织斗争中的主要伙伴。当局称近年来已挫败多起伊斯兰主义者阴谋。
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the kingdom, a major partner with the US in the fight against militant groups. Authorities there say they have foiled several Islamist plots in recent years.
官员表示，目前判断袭击者是否与约旦境内外已知团体有关联还为时过早。
Officials have said it is too early to determine whether the attackers had links to known groups inside or outside Jordan.
“这是一场大屠杀，从任何意义上说都是大屠杀，”塔里克·阿马林在收治伤者的医院说。阿马林的一名亲属在袭击中受伤。
"A massacre, a massacre in every sense of the word," said Tarek Ammarin at a hospital where the wounded were being treated. A relative of Ammarin's was injured in the attack.
路透社视频显示，周六警方在圣乔治希腊东正教教堂外巡逻，该教堂位于首都安曼西南约120公里（75英里）处。
Police patrolled on Saturday outside Saint George's Greek Orthodox church, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of the capital Amman, Reuters video showed.
“这是恐怖主义意识形态和盲目极端主义的结果，我们绝不允许社会走上这条路，”总理贾法尔·哈桑在一篇帖子中说。基督徒占约旦人口的少数。该国拥有多处《圣经》相关遗址，吸引来自世界各地的基督教朝圣者。
"This is a result of a terrorist ideology and blind extremism and we will not allow society to go down this path," Prime Minister Jafar Hassan said in a post on Christians make up a minority of Jordan's population. The country is home to several biblical sites that attract Christian pilgrims from around the world.
今年2月美国和以色列对伊朗发动打击后，约旦成为今年在中东遭受伊朗袭击的美国盟友之一。
Jordan has been among the US allies in the Middle East to be hit by Iranian attacks this year after the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran in February.
卡拉克省希汉村村长巴赫贾特·鲁什达加入了谴责所谓极端恐怖分子袭击的官员长名单之列。“真主保佑，这个国家将保持安全，”他说。
Bahjat al-Rushda, mayor of Shihan village in Karak, joined a long list of officials condemning what they called an attack by extremist terrorists. "God willing, this country will remain secure," he said.