This Article is From Jul 20, 2012

Paris premiere of new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises cancelled

 Paris premiere of new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises cancelled

Highlights

  • The Paris premiere of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises has been cancelled after a gunman killed 14 people at a Colorado opening of the same film.
  • Read: 14 killed in shooting at Colorado theatre
  • Workers were pulling down the red carpet display in front of a movie theater on the French capital's famed Champs-Elysees Avenue on Friday afternoon. Some could be seen carrying away a large mask that had adorned the facade of the theatre.
  • The night before in a Denver suburb, a man wearing a gas mask released an unknown gas into a crowded movie theater and opened fire. Twelve people were killed and at least 50 wounded. The shooter, a man in his 20s, has been arrested. The FBI says there is no indication so far of any links to terror groups.
Paris: The Paris premiere of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises has been cancelled after a gunman killed 14 people at a Colorado opening of the same film.

Read: 14 killed in shooting at Colorado theatre

Workers were pulling down the red carpet display in front of a movie theater on the French capital's famed Champs-Elysees Avenue on Friday afternoon. Some could be seen carrying away a large mask that had adorned the facade of the theatre.

The night before in a Denver suburb, a man wearing a gas mask released an unknown gas into a crowded movie theater and opened fire. Twelve people were killed and at least 50 wounded. The shooter, a man in his 20s, has been arrested. The FBI says there is no indication so far of any links to terror groups.
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