Jordan says Karak gunmen apparently planned more attacks

AMMAN — Gunmen who killed 10 people, including a Canadian tourist, in a series of shootings apparently had planned additional attacks, Jordan’s interior minister says, citing explosives belts found in the attackers’ hideout.

Sunday’s shootings were the bloodiest and most high-profile attacks in Jordan in recent memory. At one point, security forces and the armed men were locked in a standoff at a popular tourism site, a Crusader castle in the central town of Karak.

In all, seven members of the Jordanian security forces, two local civilians and the Canadian tourist, a 62-year-old elementary school teacher identified as Linda Vachter, were killed. Thirty-four people were wounded, including Vachter’s adult son, Chris.

Four gunmen were killed in the confrontation.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the shootings.

— AP