Budapest protest on 25 March: Two detained, one rescued from Danube after traffic blockade - DailyNewsHungary

Despite being thrown a lifebelt, he deliberately swam past her, and it took minutes for the police to lift the man into their boat.

After honking his horn while climbing under a police van, Szabó decided to swim across the river. He deliberately dodged the lifebelt thrown to him several times.

Budapest protest on 25 March: Two detained, one rescued from Danube after traffic blockade - DailyNewsHungary

The metropolitan police (BRFK) detained two people who took part in a protest in downtown Budapest on Tuesday evening, police.hu reported. The authorities had approved two demonstrations under the law on the right of assembly, police said in a statement on Wednesday. After the protest officially ended, participants proceeded to block traffic on Liberty, Petőfi, Elisabeth and Margaret Bridge, they added. Police asked for identification from 289 p…

But the scandalous politician Bálint Szabó was not far from the event either, he had to be revived by the end of the evening.

He blew away the Takarodo and then jumped into the Danube.

They threw him a lifebelt, but he deliberately swam past it several times.