Former Hungarian foreign minister attacked in Budapest ambush

• Géza Jeszenszky, a former foreign minister of Hungary, was attacked with a metal rod.
• The incident took place near his home in Budapest.
• The police apprehended the attacker.

After the attack, Jeszenszky was taken to the hospital with a skull fracture near the ear. He underwent surgery and will remain under medical care for about a week. His condition is stable, although the injuries were serious.

Jeszenszky described: "A masked man tried to kill me." After the unexpected attack, together with another man who attempted to assist him, they pursued the assailant.

Other witnesses joined in. Eventually, the attacker was apprehended by the police in one of Budapest's squares, described the diplomat in a letter sent to the Hungarian newspaper "Népszava".

This isn't the first time Jeszenszky has been a victim of the same assailant.

Two years ago, the same man attacked me in our yard in a similar manner, also in a mask, but then he managed to escape, and he wasn't found – wrote Jeszenszky.

Géza Jeszenszky served as the foreign minister in the government of József Antall, Hungary's first democratic prime minister. He was also an ambassador to the USA and Norway. In 2016, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

There was also an attack on a diplomat, not just in Hungary. In 2022, an incident involving Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreyev sparked a wave of comments and controversy. The ambassador was doused with red liquid by a Ukrainian journalist during a Victory Day ceremony.

This event became a pretext for the Kremlin to launch a propaganda offensive against Poland. Experts, including Gen. Adam Rapacki, emphasised that Polish services should have secured this event better.

This event should have been secured in such a way that neither the ambassador nor other Russian diplomats were harmed - said Gen. Rapacki.