Nine Die In U.S. Church Shooting
Nine
persons have died in a shooting at a historic African-American church
in Charleston, South Carolina, United States on Wednesday.
Gregory Mullen, City Police Chief, described the attack at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church as a “hate crime.”
A
prayer meeting was going on in the church at the time of the shooting
incident which occurred at about 21:00 local time on Wednesday (01:00
GMT Thursday). The church’s pastor, State Senator Clementa Pinckney, is
reported to be among the dead.
Police
authorities have released surveillance images of the suspect – a white
male in his 20s – and a
vehicle. They had earlier issued an initial
description of the suspect as white, about 21, slender build and
clean-shaven and wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans and Timberland
boots.
Speaking at a press conference,
Mullen said, “There were eight deceased individuals inside of the
church. Two individuals were transported to the hospital. One of them
has died.”
The Police chief added
that, “It is unfathomable that somebody in today’s society would walk
into a church when people are having a prayer meeting and take their
lives.
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