VIDEO – Here is how the police arrested the suspect, he is in pre-trial detention

Budapest, October 21 (MTI) – A Budapest court has placed a man arrested in connection with the late September Budapest bomb attack in pre-trial detention, a spokesperson for the Budapest municipal court said on Friday.

The suspect is charged with multiple counts of attempted murder of an official as well as abuse of explosives and could face a sentence of life in prison, Péter Póta said.

Answering a question, Póta said the suspect has so far refused to give a statement to police.

On September 24, two police officers were seriously injured when a homemade shrapnel bomb exploded on Grand Boulevard.

Source: MTI