BREAKING NEWS – Suspect in Sept 24 Budapest bomb attack arrested – UPDATE

Budapest, October 19 (MTI) – Members of the Counter Terrorism Centre (TEK) have arrested a suspect in the September 24 Budapest bomb attack, public television M1 reported on Wednesday citing TEK sources.

News portals 24.hu and Ripost received the same information but MTI was unable to confirm the reports after contacting several authorities.

Spokesperson of the central investigation authority Andrea Nagy said no information could be released about the investigation for the time being.

Two police officers, a 23-year-old woman, and a 26-year-old man, were injured when walking past a ground-level shop near the Grand Boulevard in central Budapest, doing their regular rounds, at 10.36pm on September 24. A homemade shrapnel bomb was used in the explosion.

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UPDATE

Suspect in late Sept Budapest blast arrested

Budapest, October 20 (MTI) – Authorities have detained a young Hungarian in connection with the late September bomb attack in central Budapest.

On September 24, two police officers were seriously injured when a homemade shrapnel bomb exploded on Grand Boulevard.