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Mohammed VI offers condolences after church attack in Jordan

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King Mohammed VI sent condolences to King Abdallah II after the terrorist attack targeting a church in Jordan’s Al-Karak governorate. The Moroccan sovereign expressed outrage over the attack, which killed nine people according to figures previously reported by TelQuel.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolences to Jordan’s King Abdallah II after the terrorist attack on a church in Al-Karak governorate, TelQuel reports. The Moroccan sovereign said he had learned with “immense sorrow and indignation” of the attack, whose violence he condemned.

Mohammed VI expressed his solidarity with King Abdallah II and the families of the victims of the attack targeting the Christian place of worship, according to the content of his message reported by TelQuel.

The royal message came after the announcement of nine deaths in an attack on a church in Jordan on 26 October. Three suspects were arrested as part of the investigation, according to information previously published about the attack.

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