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12 DEAD DURING THE DARK KNIGHT RISE

(WATU 14 WAMEUWAWA WALIPOKUWA WAKITIZAMA FILAMU MPYA YA BAT MAN COLORADO MAREKANI)

A candlelit vigil has been held in Aurora, Colorado, as the US begins to mourn the 12 people killed by a gunman at a showing of the new Batman film, the Dark Knight Rises.

US President Barack Obama ordered flags flown at half mast.A man in a gas mask and body armour threw tear gas canisters at a midnight screening, then fired on the crowd, killing 12 and injuring 58.Suspect 

• James Holmes, 24, was a former neuroscience PhD student at University of Colorado-Denver
• Attended high school in San Diego, California, where his parents still live
• He lived in an apartment in north of Aurora, about five miles from the cinema

James Holmes, 24, was arrested outside the cinema, police said.He will appear at Arapahoe County District Court, in nearby Centennial, Colorado, on Monday at 09:30 local time (15:30 GMT).Aurora police chief Dan Oates said the attempt to defuse complex booby-traps, explosive devices and "things that look like mortar rounds" at Mr Holmes's home had been abandoned for the night, with federal government experts due to arrive on Saturday."I've personally never seen anything like what we've found in there," the police chief said.James Holmes was said to be armed with a rifle, a shotgun and two pistols when he launched his assault. All weapons and ammunition were bought legally within the past few months, 

James Holmes apartment that is trapped with explosives

Mr Oates said.Authorities have established no terrorism link, nor any motive, and Mr Holmes had no criminal record in Aurora.In New York, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the suspect had dyed his hair red and told police he was the Joker, Batman's infamous nemesis.

Sources:TZMPAKAAU,Mjengwa,BBC and CNN