The Attack on Frank and Alice Longbottom was committed by Bartemius Crouch Jr and Bellatrix, Rabastan and Rodolphus Lestrange shortly after the downfall of Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War in 1981. It was widely considered to be the most horrible crime ever committed; the Longbottoms were extremely popular, and the attack caused a wave of fury such as had never before been seen.