Holmes charged with Batman screening shootings

James Holmes (aged 24) was today charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder after an attack at a Colorado cinema.

Twelve people were killed, and 58 people were wounded or injured in the attack.

The breakdown of the charges was not immediately clear.

Holmes also is charged with one count of possession of explosives after he booby-trapped his apartment.

Holmes was arrested shortly after the rampage during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, 'The Dark Knight Rises'.

Legal analysts expect his case to be dominated by arguments over his sanity.

Holmes was a student at the University of Colorado Denver before withdrawing last month.