US EditionActivist of Hungary's ruling party Fidesz claim to have been shot at during canvassing
The volunteer was unharmed after a gas-alarm pistol was fired during a tense election campaign marked by political hostility and Hungary-Ukraine disputes.
- A Fidesz campaign volunteer says he was shot at with a gas pistol while collecting signatures in Szentendre on Saturday, and Eszter Vitályos first reported the incident with a video showing a resident firing from a window.
- Amid the April campaign, rising tensions with deteriorating Hungary–Ukraine relations and energy-security concerns mark Hungary's April parliamentary election.
- The volunteer said he rang an apartment doorbell and introduced himself, then a man leaned out and fired a gas-alarm pistol, Telex reported.
- The activist escaped uninjured and is expected to file a police report about the shooting-at incident.
- Amid wider accusations, Zelenskyy warned Orbán of military action unless he lifts his veto, while Orbán claims the Tisza party receives Ukrainian financial support.
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Shot Fired at Fidesz Activist as Hungary’s Election Campaign Escalates
Hungary’s election campaign escalated to an unprecedented level over the weekend after an activist of Viktor Orbán’s governing Fidesz–KDNP alliance was shot at on Saturday while collecting signatures in Szentendre, around 20 kilometres from the capital, Budapest. According to a video recording shared by State Secretary for Government Communication Eszter Vitályos, the activist was gathering signatures in the town when a resident fired at him fro…
A Fidesz activist was shot in Szentendre. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was questioned about this. The Prime Minister called for calm.
“One of our activists was shot with a gun in Szentendre. This is the result of the Tisza hatred. The continuous harassment and hate campaign of Péter Magyar, the Tisza Party and their local candidates is leading to this,” writes Fidesz MP Eszter Vitályos in her post. In the video attached to the post, the MP speaks to the activist on the phone, who says the following: “I rang the bell. (...) I said that we were collecting signatures for Dr. Eszt…
According to Eszter Vitályos, it is the Tisza party's fault that there is such aggression among people.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán shared a video on his social media page, in which he can be seen and heard talking on the phone with a Fidesz activist who was allegedly shot with a gas pistol by a resident who rang the doorbell in an apartment building in Szentendre.
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