BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Saturday extended condolences to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over a shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater that left 12 people dead.
Yang expressed his sympathy to Clinton for the mass shootings, the worst in the United States since 2007.
A masked gunman released tear gas and opened fire into a crowded movie theater in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado, early Friday, killing 12 people and injuring 59 others.