Subscribe to our social channels to get the latest news about Hungary!
Young university student set fire to a church in Gödöllő!
Change language:
The police finally caught the perpetrator of a vandal crime committed in Gödöllő in March, when a local church was set on fire. However, nobody knows why he wanted to burn down the Greek-Catholic church in the city not far from Budapest.
According to blikk.hu, locals acted as one after a young man set fire to one of the churches of Gödöllő. First, he smashed the door with an axe. Then, he poured oil on the benches and set the benches on fire.
Afterwards, he poured a white liquid on the iconostasis, then left since the alarm turned on.
According to the police, the damage done by him in March was worth HUF 2.5 million, magyarkurir.hu reported. One week later, the authorities caught Róbert Cs., a 28-year-old local Hungarian. Thanks to donations, all the damage could be repaired in the church. János Sivadó, the priest of the church, added that the unity in the city regarding the issue was astonishing. They could even improve the church’s security by putting armoured doors on the vestry and the main entrance doors. Moreover, they could buy CCTV cameras, taking better footage both indoors and outdoors.
They are motivated because of the emotions they experience when they set something on fire.
Or could ‘satanic panic’ be coming to Hungary? I doubt it somehow, but an interesting incident nonetheless.