A childhood friend of the man accused of shooting dead nine people inside a black church in South Carolina said he told him a few weeks ago he had “a plan”.

A white man suspected of killing nine people inside an historic black church has been captured in North Carolina.

An intense manhunt is under way for a young white man who joined a prayer meeting and then opened fire inside a church, killing nine people.

A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in the US, killing nine people in an assault that authorities described as a hate crime.

DESPITE passenger increases of up to 70%, there were no refusals or tales of overcrowding at CIE stations in the West yesterday.