Hungarian far-right activist allegedly beaten by Serbian police
Hungarian far-right activist allegedly beaten by Serbian police
May 13, 2007 7:23 PM
Budapest, May 13 (MTI) - Serbian police have allegedly beaten the leader of the Vojvodina branch of a Hungarian extreme right group in Subotica, N Serbia, the group told MTI on Sunday.
The revanchist group "Sixty-Four Counties" (the number of counties in pre-1920 Hungary, which included parts of what are now Hungary's seven neighbours) said their leader Tihamer Lavro, was asked by police to identify himself at an event organised by the group late on Sunday.
Lavro responded in Hungarian, after which police allegedly handcuffed him and dragged him away to the Subotica city policy headquarters where it is claimed he was beaten. Lavro, it is claimed, fainted and the police are alleged to have brought him around by pouring water on him before taking him to hospital, according to the group.
Sixty-Four Counties is considered an extreme nationalist organisation in Serbia and the group has clashed a number of times with the police in the past. Hungarian News Agency
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