The composition and type of explosive have not yet been determined, police said. Eyewitnesses saw a motorcyclist passing in front of the building just before the blast. There are branch offices of Erste Bank, Budapest Bank and FHB next to each other in the area.

A shopkeeper near the site told MTI about receiving information from others that a homeless person was told by an unidentified person to move from the area prior to the blast.

The main opposition Socialists said Hungarians increasingly feel unsafe, contrary to Interior Minister Sándor Pintér’s claims according to which public confidence in the police force has been restored. The radical nationalist Jobbik said the government’s policies towards banks in the past 24 years were responsible for Monday’s blast.

Over the years, considerable social tension has developed as a result of government policies towards banks which peaked in the problems with FX mortgage holders, the statement added.

The opposition E-PM urged fast and professional police investigation in connection with the blast and described Pintér’s press statements about Hungary being one of the safest countries in Europe as “bluff” and “pure lie.”

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