Men arrested by counter-terrorism unit wanted to “execute” government member – UPDATE
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Budapest, November 27 (MTI) – Two men arrested by Hungary’s counter-terrorism unit TEK last weekend planned to “execute” a government member, interior ministry state secretary Laszlo Tasnadi said. Hungary’s counter-terrorism unit TEK has so far not uncovered any evidence to suggest that the two cases in which it made arrests last weekend are related, although further investigations need to be carried out to completely rule out any links, the interior minister said on Friday.
The suspects are extremists belonging to a loosely organised group that calls itself an “army”, Tasnadi told a press conference without disclosing further details.
Interior Minister Sandor Pinter cited the suspects as saying that weapons must be used to force the government to “surrender its power”.
Update
No indication of link between two TEK arrests, says Pinter
Sandor Pinter told a press conference that last week TEK received information that unknown suspects were headed towards Budapest in a Fiat Tipo carrying “unstable” second world war explosives that had been buried underground for decades.
TEK received this information one day after it received word of a plot to carry out an attack against a protected person in Hungary. The information about the car and its contents turned out to be correct, Pinter said. TEK arrested the four men travelling in the car.
The minister said the counter-terrorism unit had no choice but to arrest the suspects, as it had to make sure to prevent the explosives from reaching Budapest where it could have killed or injured many people.
Regarding the other case which led to the arrest of two people who had planned to “execute” a government member, Pinter said TEK used secret services methods to track them down.
@Lawmaker Agnes Vadai
Where did you come up with these conclusions? For a so called law maker, you’ll be laughed right out of court and the country. Go find a new job!