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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has said that his only message for the white supremacists who brought chaos to the city of Charlottesville is “Go home”.

On August 12, a woman has been killed and 19 people were injured when a car rammed a crowd of people opposing a far-right rally there.

The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the incident.

Earlier, street brawls erupted between white nationalists and counter-protesters.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said “the violence and deaths in Charlottesville strike at the heart of American law and justice.

He said: “When such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred, they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated.”

The alleged driver of the car – James Alex Fields, 20, from Ohio – is in detention on suspicion of second-degree murder.

In addition to those injured in the car incident, the Charlottesville Police Department said 15 were wounded in other violence related to the far-right march.

Late in the afternoon, a Virginia State Police helicopter crashed in woodland south-west of the city, killing two police officers. The helicopter had been part of the operation to monitor the clashes.

The “Unite the Right” march was called to protest against plans to remove a statue of General Robert E. Lee, who had fought for the pro-slavery Confederacy during the US Civil War.

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Governor McAuliffe told a press conference: “I have a message for all the white supremacists, and the Nazis who came into Charlottesville today. Our message is plain and simple: Go home. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth. Shame on you. You pretend that you’re patriots, but you are anything but a patriot.

“You came here today to hurt people. And you did hurt people. But my message is clear: We are stronger than you.”

The Democrat governor said he had spoken to President Donald Trump, and twice urged him to begin a movement to bring people together.

Terry McAuliffe thanked the police and law enforcement officials, who he said had prevented “a much worse day”, and praised the emergency services who helped the wounded.

The violence in Charlottesville – a liberal college town – is a stark demonstration of the growing political divide in the United States, which has intensified since President Trump’s election last year.

Right-wing blogger Jason Kessler had called for a “pro-white” rally, and white nationalists promoted the gathering widely.

Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, said several “white power” groups were present – including neo-Nazis and factions of the Ku Klux Klan.

The New York Times reports that some were chanting “You will not replace us,” and “Jew will not replace us.”

Anti-racism organizations such as Black Lives Matter held protests at the scene.

On August 11, the white nationalists held lit torches and chanted “White lives matter” as they marched through the University of Virginia in the city.

President Trump condemned “in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides”.

Speaking in New Jersey, where he is on a working holiday, President Trump told reporters: “The hate and the division must stop right now.

“We have to come together as Americans with love for our nation.”

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More than 1,000 volunteers, some driven by worry for the safety of their own families, fanned out from the University of Virginia campus on September 20 to search for Hannah Graham, a sophomore who disappeared a week ago.

Volunteers met at the university’s basketball arena before going out in teams throughout Charlottesville to search for 18-year-old Hannah Graham.

Police said on September 19 they have spoken with a man they believe was with Hannah Graham in a bar on the night she went missing, but did not have enough information to arrest or detain him after searching his car and apartment.

In an emotional appeal, Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo asked anyone who might have seen Hannah Graham and the man early September 13 on the Downtown Mall to contact authorities. Timothy Longo stopped short of calling the unidentified man a suspect, but said police are keeping an eye on him.

Police have focused on Hannah Graham’s movements the night of September 12 and into the early morning hours of September 13. The sophomore from northern Virginia met friends at a restaurant for dinner, stopped by two parties at off-campus housing units, and left the second party alone, police have said.

Surveillance videos showed her walking, and at some points running, past a pub and a service station and then onto the Downtown Mall, a seven-block pedestrian strip lined with shops and restaurants.

Hannah Graham disappeared after she met friends at a restaurant for dinner, stopped by two parties at off-campus housing units, and left the second party alone

Hannah Graham disappeared after she met friends at a restaurant for dinner, stopped by two parties at off-campus housing units, and left the second party alone

Hannah Graham’s disappearance has sent a ripple of fear through the quiet college town.

Maria Faidas, a sophomore who volunteered to help search on September 20, said she lives a block from Hannah Graham and has walked home alone before without thinking twice of the possible dangers.

Students said they’ve started walking in pairs at night and are paying closer attention to their surroundings.

At least three other young women have disappeared in the area in the last five years. Nineteen-year-old Samantha Ann Clarke, who vanished after leaving her Orange County town house in September 2010, and 19-year-old DaShad Laquinn Smith, who disappeared in Charlottesville in November 2012, remain missing.

Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, disappeared from the University of Virginia‘s John Paul Jones Arena while attending a rock concert in October 2009. Her remains were found three months later in a rural area. No arrests have been made.

Police have said they do not think Hannah Graham’s disappearance is linked to any of the other missing women.

Emily Kilroy, a consultant who also helped search, said the episodes are “starting to feel like a pattern” that’s especially unfortunate in a college town with so many young women.

Virginia Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Dawn Eischen said there were 981 volunteer searchers as well as 100 others who had search-and-rescue training.

The search for Hannah Graham would continue Sunday, September 21, Dawn Eischen said.

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