The Hungarian Bucsa village mourns their massacred brothers of Ukrainian Bucha! – PHOTOS

The Ukrainian Bucha and the Hungarian Bucsa were twin cities before the war. Now, the residents of the Hungarian village, with more than 2,000 residents, mourn those massacred in Bucha. Some of them even became frantic with fear when they heard about the mass executions in Bucha. They thought something terrible had taken place in their village. Only later did they realise that the horrors the radio talked about had happened thousands of kilometres away. Now, they would like to show their support for the victims somehow.

Many were in panic in Bucsa

According to Blikk, the Hungarian village of Bucsa in Békés County, southeast Hungary, is an island of peace. Meanwhile, their Ukrainian twin city, Bucha, became a symbol of brutality and war crime in the last few days. Though the Russians do not admit it, evidence supports the claim that withdrawing Russian troops committed mass executions in the Ukrainian city, which had 28,000 residents before the war. Shocking images showed bodies left on the streets, and these photos reached almost every part of the world.

News outlets say the victims were civilians who left their houses and flats to find food for their families. Most of them were executed, shot in the head. Ukrainian authorities found more bodies in the cellars and discovered mass graves close to the city. The Ukrainian town became a symbol of war crimes, and several bodies are working tirelessly to find out the perpetrators’ identities.

When they heard on the radio, residents of the Hungarian Bucsa village thought something terrible had happened in their village.

Some even called the mayor’s office where they learned the horrors took place thousands of kilometres away, in their Ukrainian twin city.

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Locals follow the news

Károly, a local pensioner, knows everything about the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. He regularly listens to the news on the radio. He said he was in a panic when he first heard what happened, thinking the massacre took place in his village.

Nikolett, a shopkeeper in Bucsa, said she was in shock when she saw the name of their village in the headlines. “Our heart breaks for them. Let this slaughter end at once.

They are murdering our brothers,” 

she told Blikk. She added that everybody talked about the latest news concerning Bucha in the small Hungarian village of 2,100 residents.

The mayor of Bucsa said they were in contact with Bucha because they regard it as a twin community. János Kláricz added that in 2005,

residents of four settlements named Bucsa met in their village:

the Hungarian Kisbucsa, the Romanian Bucsa, and the mayor of the Ukrainian Bucha. Concerning why these settlements have the same name, Mr Kláricz talked about a shaman named Bucsa.

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Twin cities, shaman, prayer

The mayor of the Hungarian village said they wanted to express their solidarity somehow. That is why

they reestablished contact with their Ukrainian twin city.

People working in the mayor’s office are also sad. They told Blikk that their village was a peaceful island. No crimes happen, sometimes a bike is stolen, or dogs take chickens, but nothing serious. Cars can even park there with the doors open.

Endre Bíró, a local historian, is writing his fourth book about Bucsa. “The last one was published last year. It includes other settlements named Bucsa, even the Ukrainian city. We can read about their history for pages,” he said. Mr Bíró called it tragic that the buildings in the photos in the book are mostly destroyed now, and Russians murdered their residents.

He would like to organise prayer for the victims of the massacre in Bucsa.

“We are not a rich village, but we will try to provide some help. We would like to organise a shared mourning mass in our two churches,” he added.

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Source: Blikk