News portals 24.hu and Ripost received the same information but MTI was unable to confirm the reports after contacting several authorities. Spokesperson of the central investigation authority Andrea Nagy said no information could be released about the investigation for the time being.

Two police officers, a 23-year-old woman, and a 26-year-old man, were injured when walking past a ground-level shop near the Grand Boulevard in central Budapest, doing their regular rounds, at 10.36pm on September 24.

A homemade shrapnel bomb was used in the explosion.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

MTI photo: Lakatos Péter

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