Footage shows how a young man’s life ended in seconds at Budapest nightclub: lawyer describes it as execution

Yesterday, the grieving parents and their lawyer viewed the police-held 40-second clip capturing their son’s death in the heart of Budapest’s nightlife. It revealed the horrifying timeline, the exact sequence of events, and what the attacker did after essentially executing 25-year-old Gábor Dominik Fördős.

Attacker insists he foiled a likely assault

According to Blikk, the biological father, stepmother, and their lawyer stood shivering in the bone-chilling wind outside the Teve Street police headquarters after watching the footage. The shattered parents were too broken to speak; it was their lawyer, Dr József Lichy, who shared the gut-wrenching details with the paper.

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The attacker sticks to his story: he was just bantering with the future victim, but the man took offence and lunged at him, forcing him to land “pre-emptive strikes”. He claims he didn’t realise he’d inflicted a fatal injury; security guards restrained him, and his father says they beat him too. He’s now in custody, facing ever-graver charges.

Victim rushed to aid a young woman

The family’s lawyer insists it was a textbook execution. Despite the attacker’s father—and his boss—claiming his right hand was useless that day, he delivered left-handed blows so savage they severed the artery supplying blood to the brain. The victim’s head snapped back at a right angle from the sheer force.

Lichy, visibly broken by what he’d seen, said the blows landed in just 1-2 seconds. Moments before, the attacker approached a woman who’d fallen, verbally harassing her—at least, that’s clear from his body language, even if the audio doesn’t catch it. That’s when the victim stepped in to help her and warned László A. to back off.

Lawyer: this was an execution

It seemed the drama was over; László walked away. But he soon doubled back to the seated Gábor Dominik Fördős, who stood up. The first punch cracked his temple, staggering him. Lichy says the attacker paused for a clear shot, then unleashed a second devastating blow that sent the victim crumpling. László simply strolled off and lit a cigarette.

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Lichy calls it an execution—”one the suspect was primed for”—and hopes the court will classify it as aggravated murder.

There were no prior grudges; the men were strangers, with no arguments beforehand, so security couldn’t intervene.

Perpetrator’s summer tragedy played a part?

The attacker’s father previously revealed László A. endured a devastating loss last summer, when a crash claimed his stepfather and mother. He speculated the victim might have verbally insulted László’s mum, triggering his son. Even so, he admits it’s no excuse.

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