Bene gives official line on rubber bullets

He also explained that policemen suspected of inflicting bodily harm last autumn will not help to secure national holiday functions. The number of suspected policemen rose to 29 on Friday.

Fidesz MP Zoltán Balog responded that “it is sad that police uphold the policy of using rubber bullets, but I welcome the police promise that all officers will display identification badges,” and then claimed that this was “an indirect admission of previous legal violations.”

Meanwhile police conducted searches at the homes of right-wing university students in Szeged and attempted to obtain information on alleged anti-state plots. No illegal weapons were found, nor are they suspected of any crime."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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