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US President expresses shock over shooting at church in South Carolina

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Washington, June 19: US President Barack Obama has expressed deep sorrow over the shooting at African-American church at South Carolina that left 9 people dead.

"Any death of this sort is a tragedy. Any shooting involving multiple victims is a tragedy," the president said at the White House.

Obama expresses shock over church attack

"There is something particularly heart breaking about a death happening in a place in which we seek solace and we seek peace, in a place of worship."

The shooting took place at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday.

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