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NEW EVIDENCE AT WITHER'S
Auror's discover magical signature
02/11/1980 – Startling new evidence has emerged from Wither's Museum of Natural Magical History, the scene of the third mass Dementor attack in Britain within a matter of months. The DMLE has released a comprehensive report of the event, confirming a faint magical signature was detected suppressing the museum's protective wards. Thorough analysis of the signature has been inconclusive, but Aurors now have proof that the attack was enabled by a human and assert that they are looking for a formally educated and capable wizard who is below the age of thirty.

Aurors have not been able to confirm if this unknown wizard was present during the actual crime, however what is known is that Wither's Museum was strategically left open to Dementors. The wraiths managed to hide themselves among an exhibit of their own kind for approximately an hour after the Museum's opening before assailing members of a guided tour. A large group of German tourists, visiting the country for a business conference, took the brunt of the attack. Two have been confirmed Kissed, and many more have suffered deep trauma. In light of these events, the International Confederation of Wizards has proposed discouraging travellers from visiting the United Kingdom until the situation has been amended, prompting outcry from Ministry officials.

The report has also postulated that these events may be an instance of werewolf-initiated violence. This September Diagon Alley was the sight of a similar crime and a werewolf, Joseph Kimball, was eventually found guilty and terminated. Kimball, however, was linked to a larger network of extremist lycanthropes, igniting fears that werewolf packs have struck an agreement with newly defected Dementors. This has caused a renewed fervour within the Wizengamot to approve a radical new proposal which would put stricter regulations on werewolves. The reforms, headed by Julius Keene, a Second Order of Merlin and a Wizengamot member, are an effort to curb lycanthrope infections and finally bring high-profile monsters, such a Fenrir Greyback, to justice.