Friday
December 18th
The Evening Standard – A Muggle Evening Newspaper


Mysterious Deaths Plague British Isles

“They just fell over. We thought he’d had a heart attack, but he was stone dead. Doesn’t happen that soon does it? It was just unnatural,” says fifty year old store manager, Leslie Crocker. Similar accounts have been pouring in from all over England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. People of all ages, all races, all levels of health, and all walks of life have been falling down dead since early this morning. Doctors have no comment and no speculation as to what this phenomenon is or what could be causing it. There are no warning signs and no pattern. This seems to be a totally random occurrence that can strike anywhere at anytime and to anyone. Some local Londoners are concerned that this could be some sort of terrorist attack, others claim it to be the retribution of a vengeful God. Whatever the cause, people are dying in sizable numbers and the death count is climbing. Parliament will hold a press conference tomorrow morning to give some political insight into this unspeakable tragedy sweeping all over London and areas afar. So far, this seemed to be isolated to the British Isles.
More news as it happens on http://www.thisislondon.co.uk