Colorado Shooting Cinema Invitations Anger Families

Families angered by invitation to the reopening of a US cinema where a gunman killed 12 people in July 2012.

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5 months ago

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US

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United States

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James Holmes

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United States of America, Colorado, Aurora

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Invitations to the reopening of this cinema in the U.S. state of Colorado where 12 people were shot dead have outraged relatives of the victims. Another 58 were wounded in the attack at a midnight movie show in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Jessica Watts' cousin was among those killed in the attack last July. SOUNDBITE: JESSICA WATTS, COUSIN OF SHOOTING VICTIM JONATHAN BLUNK, SAYING (English): "We're trying to move on and trying to remember our loved ones and the last thing we want to do is sit in a movie theatre where our loved ones died." Former neuroscience graduate student James Holmes, seen here shortly after the rampage, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. He's expected to appear at a further court hearing next week