Newly appointed Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, spoke today of the tough new measures taken by the Ministry to ensure the safety of students returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this autumn.
“For obvious reasons, the Ministry will not be going into detail about its stringent security plans,” said the MInister, although an insider confirmed that measures include defensive spells and charms, a complex array of countercurses, and a small task force of Aurors dedicated solely to the protection of Hogwarts School.
Most seem reassured by the new Minister’s tough stand on student safety. Said Mrs. Augusta Longbottom, “grandson, Neville - a good friend of Harry Potter’s, incidentally, fought the Death Eaters alongside him at the Ministry in June.”