Hungarian Islamist planning mass murders – here is the court sentence

Kende V., a Hungarian Islamist, is accused of preparing a terrorist act. He was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison by the Metropolitan Court. The young man from Kecskemét cannot be released on parole.

He first converted to the religion in 2020, then became an ISIS supporter in 2021

The 22-year-old Kende V. officially adopted the Islamic religion in one of Budapest’s mosques in June 2020, just 2 years ago. Last year, during the spring, he became a follower of the radical, jihadist trend in Islam and a supporter of the Islamic State’s terrorist organisation, writes 24.hu.

According to the indictment, the Islamic State supporter later took an oath of allegiance to the terrorist organisation by drawing the flag of the terrorist organisation on the wall of his home room and then saying the oath in English specifically obtained for that purpose.

According to the indictment, the man planned to carry out an assassination, looking for possible targets and a way to commit it. Between March and May, he communicated with several people on various online platforms about committing terrorist acts. He received written materials and advice from a user regarding the homemade manufacture of a nail bomb. He also started to procure the materials needed to make a pipe bomb.

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He made the first steps as he ordered materials for preparing a bomb

In the process, he ordered a remote control from a web store, and at the end of May, also in the online space, he agreed with another person to carry out a high-profile assassination attempt at the same time. According to his plan, he would drive into the crowd of tourists on the promenade in Siófok, while his companion would commit a bomb attack in Budapest.