Stockholm (KTN) — On Friday, Parliament voted to declare a sixty-day state of emergency, the first of its kind in the state's history, after Acting Chancellor Taeler Shaw presented declassified intelligence concerning cultist activities in Valkyria. The move comes after the disappearance of two National Police officers in the Silesian region and the attempted assassination of Chancellor Margaret Harrison. On the floor of the National Assembly, the acting chancellor said, "Actionable intelligence suggests that the cultists are planning to carry out terrorist attacks against members of the current coalition government and supporters. Other events causing the need for a state of emergency are the broader activities of the cultist groups by their engagement in assault, battery, kidnapping, torture, murder, and other crimes."

Preparation for a formal declaration of a state of emergency came on 14 November after the Valkyrian Security System raised the threat level from moderate to severe, skipping over one level. By initiating a state of emergency, the Office of Cultist Movement Investigations, a department of the National Police, will be granted emergency funding by the government to counter cultist activities. Since the disappearance of the two National Police officers and the attempted assassination of Harrison, neither the National Police nor National Gendarmerie have been able to identify and arrest any suspects who appeared to have been involved in either of the two events. The two law enforcement agencies believe that the perpetrators are professional criminals, which is the reason for declaring the state of emergency.