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| Charleston shooting: Suspect Dylann Roof in custody as US mourns massacre - live updates | Charleston shooting: Suspect Dylann Roof in custody as US mourns massacre - live updates |
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| The US is in mourning today for the nine people shot dead at a church in Charleston on Wednesday night as the suspected gunman remains in custody. Here are the latest updates: | The US is in mourning today for the nine people shot dead at a church in Charleston on Wednesday night as the suspected gunman remains in custody. Here are the latest updates: |
| Dylann Roof is in custody and has a bail hearing today | Dylann Roof is in custody and has a bail hearing today |
| Video shows Dylann Roof sitting in Bible study group | |
| Roommate claims he wanted to start 'civil war' | Roommate claims he wanted to start 'civil war' |
| The nine victims have been identified | The nine victims have been identified |
| Two separate prayer vigils targeted by bomb threats | Two separate prayer vigils targeted by bomb threats |
| Another US city, another vigil for victims of guns and hate | Another US city, another vigil for victims of guns and hate |
| Charleston and America in shock | Charleston and America in shock |
| What we know about Dylann Storm Roof | What we know about Dylann Storm Roof |
| Please allow a moment for the live blog to load | Please allow a moment for the live blog to load |
| Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man, is suspected of targeting a historic African-American church because of his racial hatred and his Facebook page suggests a fascination with apartheid and white supremacy. | Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man, is suspected of targeting a historic African-American church because of his racial hatred and his Facebook page suggests a fascination with apartheid and white supremacy. |
| The massacre has provoked huge public anger in the US in after a year of rising racial tensions that led to riots in Ferguson, Missouri, and nationwide protests over police brutality and the deaths of young black men. | The massacre has provoked huge public anger in the US in after a year of rising racial tensions that led to riots in Ferguson, Missouri, and nationwide protests over police brutality and the deaths of young black men. |
| Roof was arrested after a 14-hour manhunt yesterday when his car was stopped in a small North Carolina town, 220 miles north of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. | Roof was arrested after a 14-hour manhunt yesterday when his car was stopped in a small North Carolina town, 220 miles north of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. |
| His uncle said he was given a gun as a 21st birthday present in April and friends believe he was planning the attack for months. | His uncle said he was given a gun as a 21st birthday present in April and friends believe he was planning the attack for months. |
| Roof is expected to appear via video link from custody at a bail hearing later on Friday. | Roof is expected to appear via video link from custody at a bail hearing later on Friday. |
| Four pastors, including Democratic state Senator Clementa Pinckney, were among the six women and three men killed. | Four pastors, including Democratic state Senator Clementa Pinckney, were among the six women and three men killed. |
| South Carolina, which has the death penalty, is one of just five US states lacking hate crime laws. | South Carolina, which has the death penalty, is one of just five US states lacking hate crime laws. |
| Additional reporting by AP | Additional reporting by AP |