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1/21 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. WALKWAY. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/21

Brackley keeps moving, looking down 5 floors to a concrete

car park in which more vehicles in the police convoy roll up

quietly, back-up officers slipping out in eerie silence.

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1/22 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. LOCK-UP GARAGES. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/22

Arnott double-checks between the floor plans and the photos.

ARNOTT:

(Into mike.)

Flat 56. Flat 56.

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1/23 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. WALKWAY. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/23

Brackley reaches a flat door signed 56 -- he takes up a

position on the far side while the rest of the team form up.

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A couple of the squad apply plastic explosive to the door and

set up to detonate.

At the same time, Brackley snatches a glimpse through a

window into the flat.

BRACKLEY’S POV:

In a bedroom doorway a young Muslim man (KARIM ALI, 20s)

stands with his back to Brackley’s pov, tightening thick

black straps that run over his shoulders and loop round his

back and waist.

BRACKLEY:

Christ -- he’s already armed the

bomb.

They look very wary but all it takes is a nod from Brackley.

They detonate the plastic explosive. The door blows off its

hinges.

Brackley leads the squad through a curtain of smoke. The

smoke shows us the red laser target beams from their weapons.

Red laser dots mottle Karim’s head. The squad squeeze their

triggers just as Karim turns in terror -

-- revealing a baby strapped to his front --

-- the straps are a baby sling.

But it’s too late for Brackley -- he’s already pulled the

trigger. Karim drops, blood spatters against the back window

and the glass shatters. Karim’s wife screams and she appears

from out of view -- AALIYAH, Asian, 20s -- but the police

start to cable-tie her hands behind her back.

The squad are stunned, paralyzed. Aaliyah is screaming. The

baby -- unhurt but splattered with its father’s blood -- is

crying. And Karim is dead, blood leaking from what’s left of

his head all over the cheap carpet. There are shouts from

outside -- alarmed residents panicking.

Brackley shakes, hyperventilating while other members of the

squad release the baby from the sling. They pat down Karim.

FIREARMS OFFICER

There’s no bomb, Col! There’s no

bloody bomb!

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Brackley stumbles back, aghast.

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1/24 EXT. TOWER BLOCK. ROOF TOP. CONTINUOUS. DAY 1. 1/24

Seen through a telescopic sight, Brackley freezes in the

doorway, the squad still toting guns as Aaliyah is torn

between comforting her baby and comforting her husband.

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