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VIDEOS, PHOTO: Policeman stabbed to death in Budapest – UPDATED
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A police officer on duty was stabbed to death and two others were injured in Budapest’s 11th district late on Thursday, the police said on its website.
The officers were in a unit alerted to a block of flats by residents after a violent neighbour had attempted to break into a home. The intruder assaulted the police officers and fled into the street, where he was shot in the leg and captured.
The three injured officers were rushed to hospital but one of them could not be saved, the website said.
UPDATE: additional details
The events happened in Budapest’s Lecke Street, police.hu wrote. The attacker had only one knife but managed to injure all three police officers trying to restrain him. The ambulance took to hospital all the officers and the attacker. One of the officers lost his life in the hospital.
According to a reader of index.hu, there were a lot of police officers on the street. He counted more than 30 police cars on the corner of Etele and Fehérvári streets. According to the statement of the police, the dead officer’s name was Péter Baumann, and his rank was sergeant major. He would have celebrated his 30th birthday this February. Here is a photo of him:
Because of the tragic events, police buildings and cars will wear black mourning bands today.
According to origo.hu, Mr Baumann joined the police 9.5 years ago. Kristóf Gaál, a spokesman of the police, told origo.hu that he was a very good person. Furthermore, his 2022 performance was exceptional, he was a well-prepared officer. The two injured officers were visited by interior minister Sándor Pintér and Budapest’s police chief, Tamás Terdik in the hospital.
The chief prosecutor investigating in the issue said that the officers who shot the attacker saved multiple lives. That is because the armed man could have harmed more people travelling on a tram arriving at the nearby station where he was finally made harmless. Péter Baumann will be declared a hero’s death.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed his condolences to the family of the police officer who was stabbed to death. Speaking on public Kossuth Rádió on Friday, Orbán said such occurrences were rare, and law enforcement were doing a good job.
The last similar case happened on the Christmas of 2020 in Hungary in a block of flats in Újpest, Budapest’s 4th district. The officers arrived at 7 AM because they were alerted for bluster. However, a man attacked them and stabbed one of them. The officer’s partner, a policewoman killed the man, and the police officer was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
UPDATE 2 – VIDEOS
In THIS article you may check out some photos taken on the venue of the tragedy. Moreover, HERE is a video about how one of the police officers shot the perpetrator in the leg.
Below you may watch a video of how police units rushed to Újbuda after the stabbing:
Here is another video made by a resident living in neighbouring flat and shard on TikTok:
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The violent murdered should be hanged publicly. Enough with being soft