The man suspected of shooting dead nine people at an African-American church in Charleston has been charged with nine counts of murder and one weapons possession charge, police say.

Suspect Dylann Roof, 21, is due to make his first court appearance on Friday.

Police are treating the killings at the Emanuel AME Church on Wednesday night in South Carolina as a hate crime.

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An acquaintance of Mr Roof said that the 21-year-old had complained that "blacks were taking over the world".

Joey Meek said that he and Mr Roof got drunk off vodka a few weeks ago, and the now-suspect said "someone needed to do something about it for the white race".