ISIS claims responsibility for attacks in Jordan

ISIS claims responsibility for bloodiest attacks in Jordan in recent memory.

Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a series of shooting attacks on police and tourists in Jordan on Sunday that killed 10 people, including a woman from Canada.

ISIS’ claim was published Tuesday on Shumoukh al-Islam, a password protected website affiliated with the group.

The statement said that “four soldiers of the caliphate” armed with machine guns and hand grenades carried out the attacks, killing 10 “apostates.” It said the four ISIS fighters were engaged in “fierce clashes lasting several hours” with Jordanian forces before being killed.

The statement threatened more attacks in anti-ISIS coalition member states. Jordan is a key member of the US-led coalition. “We promise the Crusader coalition countries something worse and more severe, Allah permitting …,” it said.

Jordanian officials have refused to identify the terrorists.

Sunday’s shootings were the bloodiest in Jordan in recent memory and raised new concerns about the rise of Islamic terrorism in the pro-West kingdom.

The shootings took place in the central Jordanian town of Karak. Hours after an initial attack on a police patrol, four terrorists were shot and killed by Jordanian security forces during a standoff at Karak Castle, a Crusader fortress and popular tourist destination.

Seven members of the Jordanian security forces, two local bystanders and the Canadian tourist were killed in the attacks, which also left 34 people wounded.

By: AP and World Israel News Staff