Budapest dormitory damaged by students with a hammer

By Tuesday morning, parts of Budapest University of Technology and Economics’ (BME) Schönherz Dormitory was destroyed by students. The university has ordered an investigation, and the company responsible for operating the dormitory pressed charges against unknown perpetrators.

The story of BME’s damaged Schönherz Dormitory went public after some video surfaced the internet in which people shockingly recorded the damages left after the violent students.

What happened?

Students have violently crashed many parts in the dormitory by Tuesday morning. They threw away chairs, beds, and mattresses, while in one of the rooms, they started destroying the walls with a hammer.

According to Telex, the demolishing started following the announcement of Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán about new restrictive measures. Orbán imposed stricter measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, including the transfer of higher education to the online space, as well as the closing of dormitories.