Roof Indicted on 33 Counts in Charleston Massacre

The suspected shooter in the Charleston church massacre has been indicted on dozens of federal charges.

The move comes five weeks after suspect Dylann Roof murdered nine black churchgoers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

The 33-count federal indictment against Roof includes hate crimes, firearms violations, and obstructing the practice of religion.

Before the attack, Roof appeared in photos waving Confederate flags and burning or desecrating U.S. flags.

Federal authorities on Wednesday confirmed he had also written a manuscript opposing integration and using racial slurs against blacks. And he purportedly wrote online of fomenting racial violence.

"To carry out these twin goals of fanning racial flames and exacting revenge, Roof further decided to seek out and to murder African Americans because of their race," U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Wednesday.

"Mother Emanuel was his destination, specifically because it was an historically African-American church of significance to the people of Charleston, of South Carolina, and the nation," she continued.

The Justice Department has not decided whether to seek the death penalty against Roof.