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Roof charged with federal hate crimes in 33 count indictment

Dylann Roof is facing possible death penalty
Dylann Roof is facing possible death penalty

Dylann Roof, the man accused in the mass shooting last month at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on 33 counts, including federal hate crime charges, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced.

“As set forth in the indictment several months prior to the tragic events of June 17, Roof conceived of a goal of increasing racial tensions throughout the nation and seeking retribution for perceived wrongs that he believed African Americans had committed against white people,” Lynch said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. “To carry out these twin goals of fanning racial flames and exacting revenge, Roof further decided to seek out and murder African Americans because of their race.”

The 21-year-old could face the death penalty, Lynch added, although she said ”no decision has been made whether to seek that penalty.”

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