Hungary to look into reported CIA warning over terror threat to Budapest

Budapest, April 4 (MTI) – The Hungarian government will request information from the United States about a CIA warning where Budapest was reportedly mentioned among possible terrorist targets, the chief domestic security advisor to the prime minister told MTI on Monday.

György Bakondi responded to a report by the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita, according to which the CIA had warned the Polish national security services about possible threats to Warsaw, Berlin and Budapest. The paper cited unofficial press reports in its Monday issue as the source of its information. It said that in a warning sent in mid-March the CIA spoke about the possibility of parallel terror threats “during mass events” in those three cities, among others.

Bakondi said the Hungarian government had not received any official information regarding any threats and only knew about the suggested threat from the Polish daily itself. He said the government takes any information about a potential threat seriously and “does not think that there cannot be further terrorist threats”. He added that authorities are doing everything possible in the interest of protecting the public.

Asked if Hungary’s terror threat level would be raised, Bakondi said this would be premature, but added that the government is seeking further information before making a decision. He said that this case was similar to when Hungary’s name appeared along with Portugal as a possible target on an ISIS website.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters