By Rick Jervis

The shooting of nine people by a white gunman inside a Charleston, S.C., black church comes amid a recent surge in violent hate groups and incidents where “lone wolf” attacks are increasingly common, according to groups who monitor hate crimes.

Police on Thursday arrested Dylann Roof, 21, for allegedly opening fire in the church Wednesday evening and killing nine people, including the church’s pastor. Roof’s Facebook page revealed photos of him wearing a jacket with the patches of flags of apartheid-era South Africa and Rhodesia, which is now Zimbabwe — flags popular with modern-day white supremacists.

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