BUDAPEST — 1998 · Murder
The Aranykéz Street Bombing
On 2 July 1998 a bomb planted in a parked car exploded on Aranykéz Street in central Budapest. The target was a businessman who was a key witness in an organised-crime-linked fraud case; he, his lawyer and two bystanders were killed, and at least 25 people, including foreign tourists, were injured. It became known as the biggest mob vendetta in Hungarian history. The case remained open for more than a decade; a Slovak hitman arrested in 2008 received a life sentence for carrying out the bombing, and the man found to have instigated it was jailed for 13 years.
- Date
- 1998
- Place
- District V (Belváros), Hungary, Budapest, HU
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 47.4930, 19.0520 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 2 July 1998A car bomb exploded on Aranykéz Street, killing four.
- 1998-2008The case went unsolved for years.
- 2008A Slovak hitman was arrested and extradited to Hungary.
- 2010sThe bomber got life; the instigator got 13 years.
Sources
- Daily News Hungary — The biggest mob vendetta in Hungarian history happened 20 years ago dailynewshungary.com ↗
- Wikipedia (HU) — Aranykéz utcai robbantás hu.wikipedia.org ↗
- Daily News Hungary
- Wikipedia (HU)
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🕯️ This record was prepared with respect, in memory of those who lost their lives.