Church opens again as ugly 'manifesto' chills nation

Large crowds expected at Sunday service, the first since bloodbath

The church in Charleston where nine African Americans were gunned down reopened on Saturday, as a chilling website apparently created by the suspected white supremacist shooter emerged.

Large crowds were expected at Sunday's service at the church, the first since the bloodbath on Wednesday at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in the southern state of South Carolina, which has fuelled simmering racial tensions in the United States and reignited impassioned calls for stronger gun-control laws.