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Munich Court Sentences Hanna S. to Five Years Over 2023 Budapest Attacks

Judges rejected the attempted‑murder allegation, issuing a punishment below prosecutors’ nine‑year demand.

Overview

  • Hanna S. was convicted of dangerous bodily harm and membership in a criminal organisation by the Higher Regional Court of Munich, and the verdict is not yet final.
  • The court found she took part in two assaults on people identified as right‑wing during Budapest’s February 2023 “Tag der Ehre” events, but it did not establish attempted murder.
  • Victims were attacked with telescopic batons, a hammer and pepper spray; injuries included head lacerations, rib fractures, bruises and other wounds.
  • The presiding judge described the incidents as a “Menschenjagd” in Budapest and said there is no such thing as justified political violence.
  • Supporters demonstrated outside Munich’s Stadelheim complex during the hearing, as related cases in the broader “Budapest‑Komplex” proceed in Düsseldorf and Dresden and a separate trial of Maja T. continues in Hungary.