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US President Barack Obama said he and his wife had known several members of the Emanuel AME Church, including the pastor, Clementa Pinckney.
He called the church a “sacred place” in the history of Charleston and spoke of his confidence that the congregation and the community would “rise again”.
He also raised the issue of gun ownership, saying “communities like this have had to endure tragedies like this too many times”.
“At some point,” he said, “we as a country have to reckon with the fact that this type of massacre does not happen in other advanced countries” …. http://www.bbc.com