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GV Exterior guest house
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MV Charred window frames TILT DOWN TO debris on floor
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SV PAN burnt debris in room
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MV ZOOM INTO CU bullet holes in glass
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GV & SCU PAN blood on floor and walls (2 shots)
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MV Blood on bed spread
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STV ZOOM INTO CU bullet shells lying in blood
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CU ZOOM OUT TO MV soldier with gun and PAN TO damaged wall
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SCU Charred window frames ZOOM OUT TO ditto
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CU Burnt portion bed ZOOM OUT TO GV villa
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Background: President El-Nimeiry's Government allowed the filming on Friday (July 30) of the Khartoum guest house in which 28 loyal soldiers were killed by rebels on July 22, during the battle to maintain control following the short-lived coup of July 19. The 28 men were in a group of 32 being held in detention by the rebels since the day of the coup. The four survivors were seriously injured -- and, to date, only one of them has been able to give an eye-witness account of the shootings.

The house still shows signs of the killings and the fighting -- blood on beds, walls and floors; burnt doors and windows; debris and bullet holes.

SYNOPSIS: A Government guest house in Khartoum still shows the signs of the battle which took place as President El-Nimeiry's troops fought to regain control following the rebel coup of July 19. Thirty-two officers and men loyal to the President had been confined to the guest house by the rebels since the day of the coup -- and held there without facilities and almost without food. On the twenty-second, as El-Nimeiry's troops counter-attacked, twenty-eight of the guest house's prisoners were shot dead by the rebels.

Only one of the four badly-injured officers, Colonel Saad Bahar, has so far been able to give an eye-witness report of the shootings, saying: "The shouts came nearer and nearer and suddenly I heard the order to shoot. They shot through the door with a submachine gun. Then they opened the door and began to shoot again and again. Some were injured, some were dead or dying. One officer lying beside me was asked his rank - he replies Colonel. They shot him. They began to shoot the others who were not dead." (PAUSE) It is these killings which are said to be largely responsible for the wave of reprisals against the coup leaders.