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9 dead in attack on South Carolina church
June 18, 2015
A gunman entered Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17 and killed nine people who had gathered for a prayer meeting.
The church is the oldest African-American congregation south of Baltimore, the Charleston Post and Courier reported, and the mayor of Charleston described the shooting as a hate crime.
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