Suspects refuse to surrender and attack security forces, who return fire, wound and arrest them, authorities say.
Security forces have arrested three armed suspects in Jordan after days of searching for the attackers who killed nine people and wounded dozens at a church in Jordan’s Karak governorate, state media report.
The suspects were located on Monday while hiding in an abandoned house in the village of Al-Jadeeda in Karak, Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said.
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They refused to surrender and attacked security forces, who returned fire and arrested all three after wounding them, the directorate said in a statement published on state media.
A Jordanian government source told Al Jazeera that the attackers sustained serious…
