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Call of nature leads to death of innocent man A soldier-cum-police officer has the most important decision any man - anyone, mortal or immortal - could possibly make: the distinction between life and death. With an armed band of policemen and women giving him support, waiting for his single command to shoot, he crouches behind a wall next to a block of flats. A man exits from a flat suspected of giving a punishment-free solace to men who wished to inflict death upon their fellow countrymen. The man has to make a decision. (read more)