DOMINANT ANGLE
Brasília is portraying the Karak attack as an ongoing manhunt, in a Jordanian country deemed stable but increasingly exposed since the strikes against Iran in February.
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
KEY POINTS
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At least seven people were killed during a funeral procession at the Hammud church in Karak province on Friday, October 23; Veja reports 34 injured, including 27 hospitalized.
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The attackers fled, security forces are searching for them, and no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to G1 and Folha.
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G1 and Folha note that Jordan has been increasingly targeted by Iranian attacks since the US-Israeli offensives against Iran in February.
ANALYSIS
Brasília, October 24, 2026. The Brazilian press reports on the attack of Friday, October 23, against the Greek Orthodox church of Hammud, in the province of Karak, largely relying on AFP, Reuters, and Jordanian public television Al-Mamlaka. The reported toll is at least seven dead. The first dispatches, taken up by the Jornal de Brasília, the Folha, and the G1, mention ten wounded, "some in a serious condition"; Veja, later, counts 34 wounded, of which 27 remain hospitalized.
The account focuses on the sequence of events. According to Al-Mamlaka, two men got out of a vehicle and opened fire during the funeral procession. Veja specifies that the shots lasted about five minutes in front of 150 to 200 people, and that the images show two men armed with pistols and a third with a long gun. Khaled Burqan, present at the funeral, told the channel that the shots lasted several minutes. The security forces are searching for the suspects, who fled. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Jordanian authorities have not designated anyone responsible.
The regional context structures the reading of the G1 and the Folha: such attacks are "extremely rare" in a "relatively stable" country, but Jordan is increasingly being targeted by Iranian attacks this year, since the United States and Israel launched offensives against Iran in February. The Folha adds a historical reminder: the 2005 attacks against three hotels in Amman, which killed 56 people, remain the most serious episode.
Veja emphasizes the community dimension: Christians represent between 2% and 3% of the population of a predominantly Sunni Muslim country. It quotes King Abdallah II, who promises that the attack "will receive the toughest response", Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who speaks of a "heinous terrorist attack", and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Christophoros Atallah, who says that if the aggressors wanted to drive out the Christians, the act "will only strengthen us" in this land.
The Brazilian articles do not cite any official reaction from Brasília or analysis by experts: it is essentially a matter of agency reports and a more detailed account by Veja.
SOURCES (4)
- G1 Globo MundoMEDIUM
- Jornal de BrasíliaMEDIUM
- VejaMEDIUM
- Folha MundoMEDIUM
