27th Aug 2003
Hungary’s Version of Terrorism
I got the story from Adrienne, who’s vacationing back in Budapest at the moment. A bomb blew up in Budapest on Monday outside of the Nyugati (Western) train station. Jihadists wreaking terror in Hungary’s capital for that country’s participation in the war on Iraq? (Thousands of Iraqi police officers are being trained at Hungary’s Taszar Air Base.)
Well, not exactly. Turns out it was what Hungarians call a “bunko” (rough translation: “moron”). A 20-year-old Hungarian fellow was afraid that someone was out to get him (gambling debt, I believe Adi said). So, he went on the Internet and figured out how to make a home-made bomb, which he then proceeded to carry around in his backpack as self-defense. That’s right, a bomb in his backpack as self-defense.
Apparently, he had set the backpack down, then when his tram was about to leave the stop, he lifted it up with a jerk and it exploded. Thankfully no one was killed.
Budapest Sun reports most of it.
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