Security forces confirmed that the attack took place at a church in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Charleston Police Department said that the shooting occurred at Thursday 9 p.m. local time (Friday 0100 GMT) at 110 Calhoun Street.

U.S. police have said that they are searching for a white male in connection with the fatal shooting of at least nine people at a church.

Police chief Greg Mullen said that they could not confirm the names of the victims at the moment but added that some of the injured had been moved to hospital.

The police said that the suspect in the shooting “is a w/m [white male], approx 21, slender small build wearing a grey sweat shirt, blue jeans, Timberland boots, clean shaven.”

Mullen said that the police are looking for just one person and that the event is being investigated as a hate crime (Anadolu Agency).

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