Six Arrested in Internet Tax Demo Aftermath

Budapest, October 27 (MTI) – Six people were taken into custody by police for tresspassing at the Fidesz party headquarters after an anti-government demonstration on Sunday.

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Four men aged 19-33 from Budapest and two others from other towns aged 26 and 35 were arrested after police questioned them in connection with vandalising the headquarters of the ruling Fidesz party near Heroes’ square following a mass demonstration against the government’s new internet tax plans, police said in a statement on Monday.

Demonstrators with faces covered were seen hauling objects at the building, damaging the windows and the entrance, and climbing through the gate onto the balcony. Procedures have been launched against them for disturbing the peace, the statement said.

Photo: MTI – Laszlo Beliczay

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

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