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Hungary National Police Chief Says Officers Main Target of Budapest Explosion

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Hungary’s national police chief Karoly Papp said that the explosion that hit center of Hungarian capital late on Saturday was directed at police officers.

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VIENNA (Sputnik) — The explosion that hit center of Hungarian capital late on Saturday was directed at police officers, Hungary’s national police chief Karoly Papp said Sunday.

"Police patrols were the target of explosion, which occurred on Saturday on the Boulevard Teresa," Papp told journalists.

The final incentive of the deed would be clear after the person guilty of explosion is captured, police chief added.

The Budapest police were evacuating people from the buildings near Oktogon intersection in the center of Budapest, where a massive explosion struck late on Saturday. According to the reports, there were at least two casualties, including police employees.

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