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GV Television announcer.
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SOUND STARTS: "Blackpool Hospital....."


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SOUND CONTINUES OVER doctor, with blanket over head, put into police van.
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SOUND ENDS: "...from Tony Glover...."



ANNOUNCER: "Blackpool Hospital killings...a 32-year-old Jordanian doctor has appeared in court charged with the murder of one of the three children who were stabbed to death in Victoria Hospital yesterday. Ahmad Alamo, a senior houseman at the hospital who was training as an eye specialist, arrived at the courthouse accompanied by police. He appeared before the magistrates for only three minutes. A report from Tony Glover....."




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Background: The Jordanian doctor charged in Blackpool, England, with the killing of one of three children found stabbed to death in a hospital there, has been identified as 32-year-old Ahmad Alami--son of Shalkh saad al-din Alami, the Mufti of Jerusalem.

Ahmad Alami, a senior houseman at the Victoria Hospital where the killings took place, was charged in a brief appearance before magistrates on Friday (February 18), and remanded in custody for a week. Police took him to court with a blanket over his head.

This film has a voice-on-film English commentary by a British Broadcasting Corporation announcer.