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[16 Sep 2008|12:52am] |
[Extremely well-hexed to Order members]
Friends,
Through the aptitude of my good friend Elphias, we have an extremely important chance to strike at Lord Voldemort's supporters. Elphias and Mr Podmore will be overheard this Thursday speaking about, among other things, their mutual love for the Tutshill Tornadoes, as well as Elphias' desire for more security, and how as such he will be moving into an as-yet unwarded home in Worcester. We are aware that Voldemort has spies within the Ministry; we are aware also that, as Elphias was instrumental in the capture of Leon Avery earlier this summer, he will be particularly watched. We are counting on the desire of Lord Voldemort's forces for reprisal. They will think to come upon Elphias unawares. We intend, in fact, to ambush them.
I won't mince words - this will be a dangerous mission. I am looking for the more magically apt among us to set up anti-Apparation fields and other precautions around Elphias' decoy home, and I myself will be assisting in this measure. I am also looking for brave souls to face death in the cause of justice.
This mission is of great importance, and I will brook no insubordination on the matter. My word on the matter of who will be involved is final.
Thoughtfully,
Albus P.W.B. Dumbledore
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| DAILY PROPHET: 16 SEPTEMBER 1979 |
[16 Sep 2008|05:41pm] |
MORE WEST END DEATHS ADD TO MYSTERY
LONDON (DP) - Two more bodies were found in London's West End Monday by Muggle police, the Ministry of Magic reported this morning.
Both of the victims were Muggles - one murdered Sunday evening, the other dead several weeks, according to forensic experts at the Ministry. Both had had their throats slashed.
"The fact is, we just don't know," one Ministry official, who asked not to be named, responded when asked whether the killings were the work of Death Eaters. "We can't rule out the idea that these murders aren't even involved at all."
All told, there have been eleven murders in London's West End since 2 June, and the only thing linking the victims is that they are all Muggles.
The Daily Prophet, in an interview with senior Department of Magical Law Enforcement official Bartemius Crouch earlier this week, asked whether there were any new leads in the cases. He said that with the capture of Death Eater Leon Avery, the department had hoped to break the case open, but that thus far nothing had come of Avery's capture.
"We're doing all we can," Crouch said. "We're not trying to keep the public in the dark. As soon as we can make any definite conclusions, we will report them to the press."
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