24-Year-Old Man Machetes 7 Family Members, Killing 4 Of Them And Injuring 3

A 24-year-old man suspected of killing four members of his family and wounding three in a machete attack,has been arrested in Hungary.

"There were no hostages taken, the attacker brutally killed his relatives with a sharp and pointed tool, most likely as a result of a family dispute", police spokemsan Laszlo Garamvolgyi said.

Jutast Csanad Horvath was caught hiding in a bush holding the weapon, the head of the TEK counter-terrorism unit, Janos Hajdu, told journalists at the scene.

He had been hospitalised with serious injuries, Hajdu said.


The attack took place around 8:00 am (0600 GMT) in Kulcs, a village of 2,500 inhabitants on the Danube in central Hungary about 60 kilometres (35 miles) from the capital Budapest.

Horvath is suspected of murdering his father, his grandparents and his older brother in a family dispute. His mother, sister and another close relative were badly wounded and hospitalised.