Jordan church attack survivor says assailant pointed handgun at him

By AbdelHadi Ramahi HAMOUD, Jordan, Oct 24 (Reuters) Prayer services had just started at a church in Jordan on Friday when Nasser al-Burqan heard what he thought was an exploding air conditioner. Then the ​blasts kept coming. He soon realised it was gunfire. Some people ran ‌away. He said others, some bleeding, tried to hide in their place of worship where a funeral for his relative had been taking place. Word spread among those gathered that there were fatalities. When the shooting finally stopped after several minutes, Burqan said he got ‌a good ​look at the assailants behind what Jordanian authorities ⁠described as an act of ⁠extremist terrorism that killed eight people. “When everything finally quietened down, I looked out the window behind me and I saw two — one was masked, the other was not, he was carrying a handgun,” said Burqan, a ​lawyer. He said one of the attackers, standing about 2 meters away, pointed the handgun at him and opened fire. Some shattered glass left blood ⁠