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Astonishing Afternoon Attacks on Eminent Elders Addles Aurors
The MLE still has not released any information regarding the daring attacks on two high level Ministry officials last Sunday which left one dead and one barely clinging to life.
Tiberius Ogden (117), author of the 1,216 page Odgen Brief which is required reading for all aspirants to Wizengamot, and third most senior member of the Wizengamot himself, was killed in the bloody daytime attack on his home. Newt Scamander (109), well known Head of the Department of Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, recipient of the Order of Merlin (2nd class) for his work on dragons, and the author of countless resources on Magical Creatures, including a required text for all Hogwarts students, still lies in St. Mungo's in critical condition. There has been no word on who may have perpetrated these despicable crimes, whether they were in any way connected, nor what the motives may have been.
The Daily Prophet has learned that the attack on Elder Ogden's home occurred in the late morning, perhaps even while MLE representatives were holding a press conference on their other major unsolved case, the McKirke explosion. Elder Ogden was well known to be home alone intending a day of rest before leaving on a long awaited 6-day trip to Barbados for a singles cruise of the Caribbean. Elder Ogden's body was discovered many hours later by a concerned neighbour who saw that a side door was left ajar in the chilly evening air, there were no lights, and no fires had been lit. The neighbour, Mimi Craven, describes what she found as “Horrible. The most horrible thing you could ever see. He looked like a pack of wild dogs had been at him. The worst thing about it was his luncheon was out on the dining room table, not one thing disturbed. He always did like his things neat, and there was his soup and his spoon and his napkin, all just as straight as could be, while he was lying like a rag doll soaked in blood not five feet away. Oh, it gives me the jibblies just thinking of it. That poor man!”
The attack on Mr. Scamander's home has been pinpointed to a disturbingly similar time period. Porpentina Scamander, wife of the victim, had been visiting their daughter in Chelsea for several days. Mrs Scamander tells us that she had floo called her husband at approximately 10:30am to discuss their arrangements for luncheon, and he was unharmed at that time and requested his favourite pastries. She discovered the attack when she returned home at 12:30 to the sight of her husband's unconscious and battered body being guarded by their three pet kneazles, all showing signs of having been in a terrible fight and barely alive themselves. Mrs Scamander informs us that her husband had clearly been left for dead, with dreadful cuts and contusions all over his body, and blood everywhere. She speculates that the only reason he survived was his skill with emergency medical charms held over from his experiences in dragon control. Mr. Scamander has been transferred from Casualty to St. Mungo's Creature-Induced Injury ward, which gives rise to much speculation regarding who or what could have done this to him. Both the MLE and St. Mungo's have remain silent, however.
The Ministry has released a brief comment through their spokesperson. “We are greatly shocked and saddened by the attacks on Elder Ogden and Mr. Scamander, both friends and respected colleagues to many at the Ministry. Be assured that the MLE is hard at work to bring the criminals involved to justice. Our very deepest sympathy goes out to their families.”
The question remains, however, whether these disturbingly similar attacks are linked, and if they are in any way related to the explosion which killed Harry Potter a week previously. The link to the Gunpowder Plot seems far too pointed to dismiss. Is there a conspiracy to overthrow our government by some mysterious shadow organisation? The Ministry and their MLE representatives are silent on the matter.
The MLE still has not released any information regarding the daring attacks on two high level Ministry officials last Sunday which left one dead and one barely clinging to life.
Tiberius Ogden (117), author of the 1,216 page Odgen Brief which is required reading for all aspirants to Wizengamot, and third most senior member of the Wizengamot himself, was killed in the bloody daytime attack on his home. Newt Scamander (109), well known Head of the Department of Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, recipient of the Order of Merlin (2nd class) for his work on dragons, and the author of countless resources on Magical Creatures, including a required text for all Hogwarts students, still lies in St. Mungo's in critical condition. There has been no word on who may have perpetrated these despicable crimes, whether they were in any way connected, nor what the motives may have been.
The Daily Prophet has learned that the attack on Elder Ogden's home occurred in the late morning, perhaps even while MLE representatives were holding a press conference on their other major unsolved case, the McKirke explosion. Elder Ogden was well known to be home alone intending a day of rest before leaving on a long awaited 6-day trip to Barbados for a singles cruise of the Caribbean. Elder Ogden's body was discovered many hours later by a concerned neighbour who saw that a side door was left ajar in the chilly evening air, there were no lights, and no fires had been lit. The neighbour, Mimi Craven, describes what she found as “Horrible. The most horrible thing you could ever see. He looked like a pack of wild dogs had been at him. The worst thing about it was his luncheon was out on the dining room table, not one thing disturbed. He always did like his things neat, and there was his soup and his spoon and his napkin, all just as straight as could be, while he was lying like a rag doll soaked in blood not five feet away. Oh, it gives me the jibblies just thinking of it. That poor man!”
The attack on Mr. Scamander's home has been pinpointed to a disturbingly similar time period. Porpentina Scamander, wife of the victim, had been visiting their daughter in Chelsea for several days. Mrs Scamander tells us that she had floo called her husband at approximately 10:30am to discuss their arrangements for luncheon, and he was unharmed at that time and requested his favourite pastries. She discovered the attack when she returned home at 12:30 to the sight of her husband's unconscious and battered body being guarded by their three pet kneazles, all showing signs of having been in a terrible fight and barely alive themselves. Mrs Scamander informs us that her husband had clearly been left for dead, with dreadful cuts and contusions all over his body, and blood everywhere. She speculates that the only reason he survived was his skill with emergency medical charms held over from his experiences in dragon control. Mr. Scamander has been transferred from Casualty to St. Mungo's Creature-Induced Injury ward, which gives rise to much speculation regarding who or what could have done this to him. Both the MLE and St. Mungo's have remain silent, however.
The Ministry has released a brief comment through their spokesperson. “We are greatly shocked and saddened by the attacks on Elder Ogden and Mr. Scamander, both friends and respected colleagues to many at the Ministry. Be assured that the MLE is hard at work to bring the criminals involved to justice. Our very deepest sympathy goes out to their families.”
The question remains, however, whether these disturbingly similar attacks are linked, and if they are in any way related to the explosion which killed Harry Potter a week previously. The link to the Gunpowder Plot seems far too pointed to dismiss. Is there a conspiracy to overthrow our government by some mysterious shadow organisation? The Ministry and their MLE representatives are silent on the matter.