On Wednesday , a young man went to the Historic Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston and shot dead nine person in what is believed as a hate crime.
Police says the suspect, Dylann Roof shot and killed nine people inside the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, near the heart of Charleston's tourist district. he was heard to say "You rape our women, and you're taking over our country. And you have to go," Sylvia Johnson, a cousin of the church's slain pastor, said the gunman told his victims. Eight died at the scene; a ninth died at a hospital. Authorities were shocked not only by the killings but that the violence occurred in a house of worship"People in prayer Wednesday evening. A ritual, a coming together, praying, worshiping God. An awful person to come in and shoot them is inexplicable," said Charleston Mayor Joe Riley.
Six women and three men were killed, including the church's politically active pastor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney. Sylvia Johnson, a cousin of Pinckney, said she heard about what happened inside the church from a survivor, a close friend.
Before the suspect allegedly opened fire on members of a Bible study group the church in Charleston, South Carolina, Dylann Roof sat with them. He might have prayed with them.A Snapchat video from Wednesday night at the historic African-American church shows Roof at a table with the small group. Nothing in the footage suggests the carnage to come.
God help us all, in this age and time and we still have hate crimes....were is the love and the education we all have been receiving about loving each other and growing above hate , prejudice and colour! Parents , teachers please teach your kids, wards the right things to do.
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