“The operations will continue”, President Erdogan confirmed.

“The suspect has been identified and arrested”, Charleston police chief Greg Mullen confirmed. Church is one of the historic black Christian communities in the South East.

Prime minister valls says Christianity is “the very essence of France”. Jihadists will target churches because they are symbolic of European culture but not yet under surveillance, says expert.

Daesh (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack. Four gunmen shot 20 tourists dead after trying to storm the Tunisian Parliament. PM fears attack will affect tourism. 

Both the media and mosques have been accused of escalating the situation with hate messages. Riots erupted in reaction to explosions which killed at least 14 in two churches. Christians have asked the government to take real action to protect churches.