WASHINGTON: The self-described white supremacist accused of gunning down nine African-American churchgoers in South Carolina last year is mentally competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Jury selection is now set to begin Monday in the death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, 22, who allegedly used a .45 caliber Glock handgun to kill his victims in the June 2015 massacre during a Bible study group inside a traditionally black church in Charleston.

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