Bodyguard

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Police have put out an alert on a possible suicide bomber.

Don't do that, please don't do that! Please, just stay still, stay still!

The man that was in here before - is that your husband?

And your husband wants you to die?

I can't see any justification for believing

the Taliban would govern Afghanistan in peace and harmony,

or Iraqi insurgents would ever have formed a stable democracy.

That doesn't require apologising for the past.

That doesn't require apologising for the past.

I know you'll never let anything bad happen to me.

You said it - out in Helmand.

If you ever found yourself right beside one of those bastards

that sent us out there,

you'd just close your eyes and pull the trigger.

Armed police!

You've got to finish the job.

SHE GASPS

SHE SHRIEKS

STRANGLED CRIES

Whatever your training has made you, it's out of control.

No, I'm-I'm fine, Julia!

No! You are far from fine.

We've taken the liberty of providing you with a tablet

so the material can't be traced to your own devices.

I need to ask you to identify yourself.

Richard Longcross.

They're feeding her intelligence they're keeping from us!

What is she up to?

You need to find out.

Julia? Prime Minister. This is unexpected.

Julia's snatching the key to No 10.

We need to do something - fast.

Who the hell does she think she is?

Do you want a plan put in place?

I want you right beside me, not because it's your job,

but because it's our choice.

If you fulfil your engagement at St Matthew's,

you'd get the exposure you need.

I'm sure the police would take a different view.

This is a very, very dangerous politician.

Someone who must be stopped.

What do you want?

You see anyone out there?

No.

Stay put.

What's in the briefcase? Research files.

Show me.

Everything OK, skipper? False alarm.

EXPLOSION

The Home Secretary, Julia Montague,

was among those injured in the blast at St Matthew's College.

I heard there were security breaches from the word go.

What the hell happened?

A search team swept the auditorium twice.

Everything was clear. Well, it wasn't, was it?!

After today's incident, we can't rule out a connection.

Suggesting the gunman had at least one accomplice.

DISTANT SIRENS

MURMUR OF NEWS REPORTERS

..All inquiries are being referred to Downing Street

but so far No 10 have made no official statement except...

SIRENS WAIL

HELICOPTER WHIRRING

..To stay away from the Bloomsbury area of London.

ALL TALKING AT ONCE

..We're also being advised by hospital officials that

Ms Montague is currently undergoing major surgery...

DCI Sharma.

PHONE BUZZES

The Metropolitan Police is on high alert across London,

with all off-duty officers being called in to help

with urgent identifying and rounding up accomplices.

Trauma call, ETA 15 minutes.

PC Tom Fenton?

DCI Deepak Sharma, SO15.

Sir. Sorry this is crap timing, mate, but I was trying to form

a picture of the events surrounding the explosion.

Witnesses have already told us one of your Principal's aides,

Tahir Mahmood, appeared at the side of the stage,

and that he was carrying a briefcase?

I didn't have eyes on that myself, sir.

Well, what about afterwards?

Anything from Mahmood?

No, sir, he died instantly.

What do you recall about the final moments before the explosion?

Kim...

PC Knowles... She approached the stage.

That's when the device went off.

I was looking towards PS Budd, to get a...

..a steer on what was going on.

What about Budd?

I'm a bit in the dark on that, sir. He left the auditorium and...

..when he came back in, that's when...

..Mahmood appeared on the stage.

What was Budd doing outside?

I don't know, sir.

That's unusual, though, isn't it? More than a coincidence?

I'm so sorry, sir.

Look, before you go off duty, I need you to write up a first account.

Everything you can remember.

Everything.

OK, sir.

Thanks.

Amid the profound sense of shock here tonight,

two big straightforward questions are being asked.

First, was Julia Montague the intended target of his attack?

And second, was she just moments away

from launching a bid to take over No 10?

On that first question,

the answer is, we simply do not know.

On the second,

well, for many months there have been deepening divisions

between her and the Prime Minister,

the two at odds over their approach to security,

with the Home Secretary pushing a more hard-line stance...

Sarge. ..with the controversial Bill RIPA-18.

Boss? Over here.

All the TV cameras were trained on the Home Secretary.

We have this wider view from a CCTV camera.

THEY GASP

Show us frame by frame on the explosion.

From this angle, it's unclear if the explosion originated

from the briefcase.

You've shared this with Fort Halstead? Yeah.

One for them to figure out.

Ta.

You got a location on Budd?

On it, sir. Then we'll get him straight in for a statement.

Not just yet.

DISTANT SIREN

PHONE BUZZES

In the concealed files. Sarge!

David!

What's going on? We're tracking communications

involving the Home Secretary's inner circle -

in case they were compromised.

OK...

We're looking for anything that might help us.

Are you OK to consent to us taking all of your phones,

computers and any other relevant devices you've been using for work?

Uh... And it would be a big help

if we could also search your address, please.

It's...not a POLSA search or anything that detailed.

Sure, anything to help, huh?

KEYS JANGLE

Cheers.

And the phone.

Ta.

Right, let's get on with it.

Bag up that computer and any other devices he has lying around.

Sarge!

Open it up.

Mind if we crack on while everything's still fresh? Sir.

One of your CPOs, Tom Fenton, has provided us with a first account.

Fenton was on duty with you and PC Kimberley Knowles during

the Home Secretary's speech? That's correct.

Fenton recalled you and PC Knowles left the auditorium

a short time before the explosion.

Yes. Why?

I, uh...saw someone outside the auditorium,

I went to investigate. Someone acting suspiciously?

That's what I went to investigate.

Who was this person?

What does Kim say?

What?

I'm...sorry, David, um...

Kimberly appears to have been very close by the stage

when the device went off.

She died of her injuries.

Look, mate, you know how important this might be.

Who was it?

Tahir Mahmood.

In what way was he behaving suspiciously?

He wasn't. Or I'd have detained him.

So what was he up to?

He needed to get information to the Home Secretary.

He was looking for backstage access. That's unusual, isn't it?

I wouldn't know. Well, a big speech.

Some flunky arsing about on stage kind of ruins the image, doesn't it?

It's like I said - it's not my area.

Witnesses report Tahir Mahmood was carrying a briefcase.

Yes.

He showed me the contents.

Home Office documents.

How thoroughly did you examine the briefcase?

I inspected the contents.

Inspected?

I looked inside.

Documents.

Nothing else.

Did you search Mahmood?

If I saw grounds under Stop and Search, I'd have searched him.

He was a vetted Government aide going about official business.

So, you didn't search him?

No.

Some of the witnesses are informing us that the explosion

originated from the briefcase.

We've got these video captures of CCTV