Chem-Warfare Attack Claims Fifteen Victims
From Angela Brown, CNN
updated 8:21AM EST, Tue February 13, 2018

Fifteen people were forcibly ponified after drinking Fanta Grape brand soda contaminated with Potion.

The source of the contamination was traced back to a bottling plant in Palmas, Brazil. Because the drink and Potion have nearly identical flavors and similar consistencies, most of the victims did not realize what had happened until it was too late. Fifteen bottles claimed victims, two have been safely disposed of, and an unknown number remain unaccounted for.

"It was a close call," said Caxias do Sul factory worker Antonio Olmos, 20. "I drink Fanta Grape every day, and even then it almost fooled me. Luckily I remembered what I read about the CBs. I guess a small dose doesn't do anything, because, well, here I am."

Others weren't so lucky. Luciana Duarte's nine-year-old son Lucas drank a contaminated bottle and was ponified. Duarte recounted her experience, saying "I tried to tell myself otherwise, but this pony wasn't my boy. He came from my boy, he thought he was my boy, but he wasn't my boy. My boy's gone." He was discovered and relocated to a prison camp shortly afterward. "The police came to the door, and I tried to say something, but all I could do was cry. The last thing he said before they shut the squad car door was 'Mom, what did I do? Why don't you love me anymore?' I'll never forget the look he gave me."

After interrogating multiple Equestrian prisoners, Brazil is preparing to prosecute several ponies they found to be complicit in the chemical attack. Grassroots organization Humans for Sapient Rights (HSR), longtime critic of the internment camps for ponies, has condemned the Brazilian government's handling of the situation. They cite the government's apparently rushed efforts and recently surfaced evidence of torture during interrogations as evidence that this is not an administration of justice but a hasty act of vengeance.

While officials initially believed the Equestrian Crown to be behind this, a group called Ponification for Earth's Rebirth, or PER, has claimed responsibility. The PER is composed of humans and newfoals operating independently of Equestria, and their stated goal is to ponify all humans. They have made no demands and little is currently known about them.

Interpol is investigating the matter and has indicated environmental extremists as likely PER collaborators.

To learn how to protect you and your family from the enemy's chemical weapons, visit http://www.defense.gov/equestria/conversion.pdf

If you have any information on those responsible for this attack, you can leave an anonymous tip at http://www.interpol.int

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