Hungarian neo-Nazi suspect kills policeman in shootout

26 October 2016, 5:40 pm

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A 76-year-old Hungarian suspected of running a far-right paramilitary group shot dead a policeman during a house search in a village in northwest Hungary Wednesday, officials say.

The officer was shot in the head before entering the suspect’s house in the village of Bony (110 kilometers, 70 miles northwest of Budapest) and died at the scene, police say.

Police had been sent to the house to investigate a report of illegally held firearms.

Local media reported that the property was known as a base for a neo-Nazi paramilitary group called the Hungarian National Front (MNA).

The MNA, formed in 1989, is “one of the largest and most organized paramilitary hate groups in Hungary,” according to the Athena Institute far-right watchdog.

— AFP