There was shooting in downtown Budapest, several people fled for fear of their lives – video
The police were called from a fast food restaurant in Erzsébetváros before 2 a.m. on August 7 because someone – presumably with a rubber bullet gun – shot out one of the windows. The bullet punched a hole in the glass, luckily no one was injured. The Budapest Police Headquarters VII. The District Police Department initiated proceedings for armed disorder.
During the data collection, it turns out that the culprit may have targeted young people standing in front of the fast food restaurant, who fled the scene, so the police were looking for them as witnesses.
The victims were identified on August 17. During their interrogation, they said that the perpetrator, who was jealous of one of them, got out of the taxi and chased them to a nearby underpass and fired the rubber bullet gun once more. He hit one of the fugitives on the back, causing a light injury – reports police.hu.
The police did not find the shooter at his Józsefváros address or anywhere else that day. However, they were reached by phone, as a result of which the man turned himself in to VII. on the morning of August 18. At the District Police Station. The 29-year-old S. Rudolf was interrogated, taken into custody, and a motion for his arrest was made due to well-founded suspicions of armed disorderly conduct, light bodily harm committed for a nefarious reason, and misdemeanor vandalism. The suspect confessed.