2016 Budapest bombing
{{Short description|Attempted murder case in Budapest, Hungary}}
{{Expand Hungarian|Nagykörúti robbantás|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = 2016 Budapest bombing
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| image = Budapest explosion perpetrator.png
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| caption = The perpetrator some minutes before the explosion
| location = Oktogon in Budapest
| target = Police officers
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| date = 24 September 2016
| time= 22:36:18
| timezone = UTC+1
| type = Bombing
| fatalities = 0
| injuries = 2
| motive =
| perp = László Gergely P.{{cite news |url=http://index.hu/belfold/2016/10/20/volt_elojele_hogy_a_karmacsi_ferfi_fog_robbantani/ |title=Volt előjele, hogy a karmacsi férfi fog robbantani |date=2016-10-20 |accessdate=2016-10-20 |publisher=Index.hu |author=Nyilas Gergely |archive-date=20 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020173241/http://index.hu/belfold/2016/10/20/volt_elojele_hogy_a_karmacsi_ferfi_fog_robbantani/ |url-status=live }}
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| weapons = Nail bomb
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The 2016 Budapest bombing occurred on 24 September when a young man detonated a nail bomb in an attempt to kill two patrolling police officers. A policeman and a policewoman (the latter, coincidentally, the poster face of the Hungarian police's recruiting campaign) suffered injuries but survived the attack. After the incident the police chief in charge announced a full-scale investigation and promised to give 10 million HUF to whoever reported the perpetrator. According to Zsolt Molnár, the chairman of the National Security Commission of the Hungarian Parliament, it is unlikely that the attack had anything to do with other terror-related incidents in Europe in 2016.{{cite news|url=http://mno.hu/belfold/terez-korut-muszlim-terroristarol-szo-sincs-1363388|title=Teréz körút: muszlim terroristáról szó sincs|language=Hungarian|access-date=27 September 2016|archive-date=29 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929105319/http://mno.hu/belfold/terez-korut-muszlim-terroristarol-szo-sincs-1363388|url-status=live}}
Perpetrator
The perpetrator, László Gergely P., was caught on 19 October 2016 by the Counter Terrorism Centre in Keszthely. The 23-year-old man is a Hungarian citizen without any criminal history; his father was previously the mayor of Karmacs, a small village in Zala county. According to prosecutors, he planned to blackmail the Hungarian Ministry of Interior for €1 million.{{cite web|url=https://index.hu/belfold/2017/08/25/egy_millio_eurot_kovetelt_a_belugyminiszteriumtol_a_terez_koruti_robbanto/|title=Egymillió eurót követelt a Belügyminisztériumtól a Teréz körúti robbantó|first=|last=hh|date=25 August 2017|website=www.index.hu|access-date=26 October 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226160101/https://index.hu/belfold/2017/08/25/egy_millio_eurot_kovetelt_a_belugyminiszteriumtol_a_terez_koruti_robbanto/|url-status=live}}
Trial
The perpetrator's trial started on January 31, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://index.hu/belfold/2018/01/31/terez_korut_robbantas_per/|title=Visszavonta vallomását a Teréz körúti robbantó|first=Gergely|last=Nyilas|date=31 January 2018|publisher=|access-date=26 October 2018|archive-date=26 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222356/https://index.hu/belfold/2018/01/31/terez_korut_robbantas_per/|url-status=live}} On September 12, he was sentenced to prison for life with the possibility of parole after 30 years.{{Cite web|url=https://index.hu/belfold/2018/09/12/itelet_terez_koruti_robbantas/|title=Utolsó szó nélkül ítélték életfogytiglanra a Teréz körúti robbantót|first=Nyilas|last=Gergely|date=12 September 2018|website=index.hu|accessdate=31 July 2019|archive-date=13 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913114823/https://index.hu/belfold/2018/09/12/itelet_terez_koruti_robbantas/|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
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- [http://news.sky.com/story/explosion-at-shop-in-budapest-two-injured-10592509 SkyNews.com]
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Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 2016
Category:Terrorist incidents in Hungary
Category:September 2016 crimes in Europe