One man, 21, and a boy, 16, were murdered in Budapest early Friday morning. Some Hungarian Right-wing groups are honouring the victims.
The murders took place at approximately 3:30 AM Friday after a fight broke out between two groups of people near Deák Square, a popular meeting place in Budapest’s city centre, according to the police report. The two who had been stabbed died of their injuries. What provoked the fight remains unclear.
Police detained several suspects as they fled the scene. One of those who has been taken into custody has been charged with homicide and assault with a deadly weapon, and two others have been charged with being accessories to murder.
The suspected killer, identified in media reports only as Krisztián Cs., had turned 18 that night and was celebrating his birthday. The other two are both 19. Witnesses claim that they were kicking their victims in their heads and chests while they were lying on the ground after being stabbed.
Nearly everyone involved in the incident has some sort of criminal record, police representatives said during a press conference. They reported that it is still unknown who started the fight and why.
Apart from those who died, no injuries were reported among the other suspects. Some witnesses claim that the three attacked those who died without provocation.
One of the victims, Gergely, 21, was a football fan who was out celebrating the 16th birthday of his friend Laszlo, the other victim, according to a friend of the family.
The Facebook page of a Hungarian antifa group claimed that the fight occurred because of the victims’ racism, in a post that has since been deleted. Many commentators, including the antifa, believe that the suspects are Roma (gypsies), and are thus accusing the victims of having provoked their attackers because of their race. The antifa posted a photo of one of the victims in which he was wearing nationalist clothes as proof of this claim. In the comments, some said that the attackers were likely only acting in self-defence, and attributed the deaths to the “ideology of Nazism.”
The suspected murderer’s mother claimed that he “has always been a good kid” but that he was probably either drunk or on drugs at the time. The Metropolitan Court of Budapest also reported that two of the three suspects are known to be frequent drug users, that the suspected murderer doesn’t have a legal job or address, and that he had outstanding warrants out for his arrest for previous crimes.
The Right-wing opposition party Mi Hazánk declared that they will be holding a commemoration for the victims, and against crime in Hungary in general. István Apáti, an MP from Mi Hazánk, pointed out that even if the suspected killer is convicted, he won’t receive a life sentence because he is under 20 years old. The maximum sentence will be 20 years – and he could be released after only 13 for good behavior.
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