When a masked gunman entered
through the emergency exit of a
movie theatre in Colorado,
premiering the closing part of
Christopher Nolan's Batman
trilogy, none envisaged the
massacre that was about to
unfold.
In a senseless act of carnage,
James Holmes, a PhD student at
the University of Colorado, shot
70 people, leaving 12 dead and
scores more critically wounded
in what has been classified as
the largest mass shooting in
United States history.
With shock still reverberating
around the nation and film
industry, a YouTube video has
been released claiming that a
Nigerian Pastor, who has a
remarkable penchant for
accurate revelations, had actually
predicted the incident one
month earlier.
"In the nation of America, they
should pray," the YouTube clip
showed Pastor T.B. Joshua saying
on Sunday 10th June 2012
during a church service. "I am
seeing a man carry a gun in a
gathering of people and begin to
shoot. A lot of people will be
killed before the man will be
arrested… This is homeland
security." The prophecy was
broadcast live on the ministry's
media outlet, Emmanuel TV.
During the first gun scene in the
movie 'The Dark Knight Rises',
Holmes, masked and dressed in
black, threw a canister emitting
smoke suspected to be tear gas,
which partially obscured the
audience's sight. He then
brandished a rifle and opened
fire on the crowd, picking his
victims at random and only
stopping to reload his weapon.
It was a scene "straight out of a
horror film,"said Chris Ramos,
who was inside the theatre. "He
was just literally shooting
everyone, like hunting season,"
Ramos said. "There were bullet
[casings] just falling on my head.
They were burning my
forehead," Jennifer Seeger, one
of the witnesses told reporters
afterward. "Every few seconds it
was just: Boom, boom, boom,"
she said.
The police arrived less than 90
seconds after the first emergency
calls were made and almost
immediately apprehended the
suspect upon their arrival at the
scene. He is said to have told the
police that he was 'The Joker', a
sinister and psychotic character
in Nolan's previous adaptation of
the Batman trilogy.
After the incident, US President
Obama told a sombre crowd in
Florida: "Such violence, such evil,
is senseless. But, while we will
never know fully what causes
somebody to take the live of
another, we do know what
makes life worth living."
Flags at the White House were
lowered to hall-staff in honour of
the victims. "This will be a day for
prayer and reflection," Obama
said, calling for the country to
unite as one and support the
victims.
T.B. Joshua is a very popular
religious figure in Africa, his
predictions especially revered
due to their consistent success
rate. He is also well known for his
close connections to Ghana's
President John Atta Mills, Malawi's
new female head Joyce Banda
and Zimbabwean Prime Minister
Morgan Tsvangarai.
Joshua is said to have also
prophesied concerning the tragic
shooting in the military base of
Fort Hood in November 2009. His
most recent prophecies have
included the demise of Malawian
President Bingu wa Mutharika,
the tragic plane crashes in
Nigeria and Indonesia and the
historic footballing success of
Zambia in the African Cup Of nation
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