BEIRUT, October 23. /TASS/. At least seven people were killed in a terrorist attack on a funeral procession near a Christian church in the Jordanian city of Al-Karak, a source in the kingdom’s security service told Al Mamlaka television channel.

"Gunmen opened fire from a vehicle at people gathered near the church. Seven people were killed and around 10 were injured, some of them in critical condition," the source told the television channel.

Two masked gunmen were shooting at the crowd for several minutes and then fled the scene, the television channel cited witnesses. They did not get inside the church where more than 150 people has gathered.

Security forces have blocked all entry roads to Al-Karak and are combing city quarters.