(2 Mar 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Car arriving to East Timor National Police head quarters driving Amaro Da Costa
2. Da Costa getting out of car guarded by Timorese Police
3. Timorese Police escorting Da Costa to head quarters
4. Da Costa enters to head quarters surrounded by police and military staff
5. East Timor police and army are guarding room
6. Timorese police and army bringing weapons and bullets to news conference
7. Da Costa, Lieutenant colonel Filomeno Paixao and operational commander of PNTL (East Timor National Police) Inspector Mateus Fernandes at news conference
8. Close of Susar
9. SOUNDBITE: (Tetum) Amaro Da Costa:
"I surrender because I want this nation to be stable. No war. If I didn't surrender this nation will never develop. So I want the situation to be stable and live in peace."
10. Close of weapon on table
11. SOUNDBITE: (Tetum) Lieutenant colonel Filomeno Paixao, Chief of Operation of Joint Operation:
"We still giving the opportunity for those who have not surrendered to contact us or government leaders to look for a good solution."
12. Close of Da Costa
13. Various of bullets and weapons on display at news conference
14. SOUNDBITE: (Tetum) Lieutenant colonel Filomeno Paixao, Chief of Operation of Joint Operation:
"He came with the joint operation force with two weapons, 1 HK -33, and 1FNC, ammunitions and 249 bullets."
15. Close of weapon on table
16. Close of Da Costa
17. Mid of Da Costa and Fernandes at news conference
18. Police showing Da Costa weapons and bullet
19. Bullets being placed into a plastic by police officer
20. Timorese soldiers guarding outside news conference room
STORYLINE:
The man who allegedly shot and critically wounded East Timor's president last month was in custody on Sunday after surrendering to police, military officials said.
Amaro da Costa, alias Susar, turned himself in without a fight late Saturday, handing over two automatic weapons and some ammunition, Lieutenant colonel Filomeno Paixao told reporters in the capital, Dili.
"I surrender because I want this nation to be stable. No war. If I didn't surrender this nation will never develop. So I want the situation to be stable and live in peace," Da Costa said speaking at a news conference.
The ex-policeman allegedly shot President Jose Ramos Horta outside his home on 11 February, two military officials told The Associated Press, citing several witness accounts. They spoke on condition of anonymity because a police investigation was ongoing.
Paixao also used the news conference as a chance to appeal to other people involved to surrender.
"We still giving the opportunity for those who have not surrendered to contact us or government leaders to look for a good solution," he said.
Ramos-Horta is recovering from multiple rounds of surgery in an Australian hospital, while Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao escaped unharmed during a separate ambush on his motorcade the same day.
The attacks, which highlighted the nation's volatility just six years after declaring independence, were the culmination of a bitter dispute between hundreds of renegade troops like da Costa and the government.
Da Costa told reporters on Sunday he "was involved" in the "incident" at Ramos-Horta's residence, but refused to elaborate, claiming he would explain the details at the Attorney General's office.
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