BEIRUT, October 23. /TASS/. Three terrorists carried out an attack on a Christian church in the city of Al-Karak, Jordan, a source within the kingdom’s security services told the Al Mamlaka television channel.

"The militants who opened fire on people near the church belong to a radical Takfiri organization," the source specified. "Two of them were armed with handguns, and one had a rifle."

According to the source, the terrorists fled the scene, and security patrols are currently conducting a sweep of city neighborhoods in search of the attackers.

Medical sources cited by the channel report that 7 bodies and 12 wounded survivors have been brought to the hospital in Al-Karak, with six of the wounded in critical condition.

A press conference is set to take place shortly in Amman, featuring Jordan’s Interior Minister Mazen Faraya and government spokesman Mohammad Al-Momani, who will provide further details regarding the terrorist attack and the security services' operation.