All the participants of the event were invited to share langar, the community kitchen vegetarian meal. The attendees mourned the loss by sharing stories during the fellowship hour. The event was coordinated by Jasvir Kaur Singh, Satnaam Singh Mago, Natasha Kaur Sandhu, Manpriya Kaur, Jaspreet Singh, Simaren Kaur Sandhu, and Davinder Singh.

Church Shooting

Shock and anger engulfed America as police nabbed a white young man who killed nine people at a historic black church in Charleston in South Carolina, saying he was there “to shoot black people”.

Police arrested the suspect identified as Dylann Roof, 21, of Lexington, South Carolina in Shelby, North Carolina, a town east of Charlotte and just north of the South Carolina state line after a massive manhunt on June 16. Charleston officials said that the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives helped with the investigation, which was categorised as a “hate crime”. The Justice Department is also opened a parallel hate crime review into the case.

Roof spent an hour in a prayer meeting at the church on the night of June 15 before he opened fire, CNN reported citing Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen. Among those killed were Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the church’s pastor and a state senator. Other victims in the Charleston church shooting were six women and two men. Dylann Roof, spoke of his motive as he confessed to horrific mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston South Carolina. He said that he wanted to start a ‘race war’. Roof, has been charged with nine counts of murder in connection with the attack. He was also charged with one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.