ANDREW HARRIS DEAD!
Butcher of Europe Executed
Commonwealth Times- September 20th, 2015
Andrew Harris was executed by firing squad at 3:08am GMT at an undisclosed location believed to be the Diego Garcia military facility in the Indian Ocean. Harris was the worlds only known living carrier of the Rage Virus that devastated the UK and Europe over a decade ago. After exhausting all appeals to the International Court of Justice, Harris was put to death for his role in spreading the Rage Virus to Europe. Government officials confirmed that his remains were cremated, thus destroying the only remaining source of the Rage Virus in the world.
Savior or Murderer?
"The trial of the 21st century" as it was called was one of the most polarizing event of the entire world since the end of the Rage Epidemic in Europe. His existence was unknown until 2008 when NSA employee William Branden leaked multiple classified documents on US activities including the fact they held a carrier of the Rage Virus suspected to be Patient Zero for the European outbreak. President Bush acknowledged Harris' existence a month later, and confirmed that he was being studied to determine how to harness his carrier abilities to eventually develop the Rage Vaccine. Once the French and German Governments had been reestablished in 2010, they began to call for his head, naming him the Butcher of Europe, and a 21st Century Hitler. The US Government under President Clinton turned him over to the ICJ for prosecution once he turned 18. He was tried as an accessory to mass genocide along with his deceased sister Tammy Harris, and deceased US Army Pilot Clifford Flynn.
The Center of Two Outbreaks
Testimony from Harris and NATO personnel confirmed that Harris' mother Alice was like him a carrier, and was patient zero for the second UK outbreak that preceded the Code Red Incident in London. Harris recounted his journey during "Code Red" that led him and his sister to come across their infected father, who in turn infected Andy before being killed by Tammy; Doyle then found them and airlifted them to France, where Harris then infected them both. Harris was found some hours later by French Police, and was turned over to the french military, and then NATO where he was airlifted of the continent and into isolation where he remained for the rest of his life. the three judge panel ruled that while his sister and Clifford Doyle were ultimately responsible for transporting the virus, Harris ultimately spread it and should have known that he may have been carrying it after being bitten by his father. Citing the ICJ's criminal reform act of 2009, the three judges voted unanimously to invoke the death penalty, stressing that this was due to Harris' unique status as a danger to all humanity and that his crimes would otherwise entitle him to life imprisonment; Harris only testified via written statements.
"Free Andy Harris"
almost immediately after his existence was acknowledged some groups argued for him to be released from wherever he was being held, saying that he was being treated inhumanly and being held without probable cause. Citing his age at the time (9) many argued whether he could be reasonably tried for his actions despite the staggering death toll he enabled. Former US President George W. Bush has taking the brunt of the criticism as multiple requests for records about what experiments were performed on Harris went unanswered. The forces pushing for his freedom never became coherent or large enough to force any kind of position change on his imprisonment; fear of the rage virus is still a major issue around the world even as the WHO estimates vaccine distribution has reached over 75% of the world's population.
Legacy
Hated worldwide for what he carried in his blood, Andrew Harris will be known for many decades to come as the Butcher of Europe. Despite this, without him the discovery of the Rage Immunity and subsequent development of the Rage Vaccine may not have been possible in the short timespan we've seen. Without a live host, and presumably all remaining samples destroyed, most medical experts believe the chance of a new strain of Rage immune to the vaccine are slim to none. The Prime Minister's office has yet to issue any kind of formal comment besides the announcement early this morning, however sources believe an address to the nation by the PM will be forthcoming. Andrew Harris was 21 years old.
Only publicly available photograph of Andrew Harris (age 9) was recovered from District One during the cleanup operation. The US Government has not released any other material from his time in captivity.
