On Monday, November 24, the first reports appeared in the Hungarian media about the murder of a fourteen-year-old girl named Nóra in the village of Kiskunlacháza in Pest County. The body was found in a wooded area on Sunday night. Slowly more information came to light. First about the possibility of rape prior to the murder. Then a day later papers reported that the girl attended school in Szigetszentmiklós where by November 25 they raised a black flag at the István Kardos General Middle School (Általános Középiskola). Nóra had a home page on which she claimed that "Dance is My Life." Perhaps dance was also responsible for her death. As it turned out she went to the village's cultural center for a musical night and left at 2:30 in the morning. Apparently her friends offered to escort her home but she refused. The family, it seems, is well respected in the village. Her mother is a teacher in the town's elementary school. How a fourteen-year-old was allowed to stay out until 2:30 in the morning is a question most likely asked only by fuddy-duddies. (Interestingly the town has now introduced a curfew for under-aged children.) In any case, Magyar Nemzet was the first paper to mention "fear" in the village. The village doesn't have a police force, just a thirty-five-member civil unarmed guard whose members are supposed to keep a watchful eye on comings and goings after dark. But as the chief of the civil guard force admitted, perhaps they had gone home by then.
By November 25 ATV was reporting the details of the "blood-curdling murder." Whoever committed the murder first raped the girl and then put a plastic bag over her head and strangled her. She was found naked. ATV seemed to know that she was attacked about 300 meters from the cultural center. Two days later the media knew that DNA samples had been taken at the crime scene and that the police were in hot pursuit of the murderer but that no one had yet been accused. Rumors started to fly. According to one of these rumors a whole gang of young men attacked Nóra and one of them was ready to go to the police but the other members knifed him. According to another version, the murderer committed suicide. The police said that no one was reported to be hurt and they knew of no suicide.
For days there was not even a whisper in the media that a Gypsy might be the murderer. After all, the police were still investigating and had no suspect in custody. Yet something had to be brewing in and around Kiskunlacháza. A demonstration was planned for Friday, November 28, against "violence." So far so good. But with both the Goy Bikers and the Hungarian Guard participating, the demonstration was obviously not against violence in general but against Gypsy violence. And indeed József Répás, the mayor (independent) of the village, made no secret of the village's firm belief that the murderer is one of the village's Gypsies. He announced that they "had enough of roma violence." I couldn't find out what percentage of the village's inhabitants is of Gypsy origin. I do know that they all left town before the demonstration, which turned out to be peaceful. Mind you, a large police force checked all the demonstrators: they took away a few knives and "vipers" (some lethal weapon used by fellows of less than good intentions).
The mainstream media reported 3,000 demonstrators, Magyar Nemzet, Echo TV 6,000. Take your pick. There were a lot of them considering that the village has a population of 9,000. One hopes for the Gypsies' sake that the murderer is not one of their own.
I think the real name of the village is KISKUNLACHÁZA. You should be more precise in the field of geography... It worsens your credibility.
Posted by: Benji | December 02, 2008 at 03:03 PM
Benji: "I think the real name of the village is KISKUNLACHÁZA. You should be more precise in the field of geography... It worsens your credibility."
A terrible mistake, indeed. Lacháza instead of Lackháza.
Posted by: Eva Balogh | December 02, 2008 at 04:03 PM
The village as a population of 9000 ???
I do not think so !
Kiskunlacháza is a village ???
I am confused by your facts and figures.
Posted by: Ricsi | December 10, 2008 at 08:35 AM
Ricsi: "The village as a population of 9000 ??? I do not think so ! Kiskunlacháza is a village ??? I am confused by your facts and figures."
You get easily confused. It is certainly not a city. Moreover, it is absolutely immaterial what we call the place. A murder occurred whether in a village, in a town, or in a city, it matters not. Moreover, in Hungarian one cannot distinguish between town and city as in English.
Posted by: Eva Balogh | December 10, 2008 at 08:46 AM
I looked up the status of Kiskunlacháza: "nagyközség." Big village. Now you can get even more confused.
Posted by: Eva Balogh | December 10, 2008 at 08:53 AM
Your arrogance astounds me ! If you can not type accurate descriptions in English,then do not try to teach me Hungarian.
Posted by: Ricsi | December 10, 2008 at 02:45 PM
Ricsi, what does it mean "you can not type accurate descriptions in English"? It makes no sense, you know.
Posted by: Eva Balogh | December 10, 2008 at 02:54 PM
Eva,do not try to be smart ! a village,a town ,an accurate description is all I queried.
But yet again you play with words ,wrong person this time ,old girl !!
To admit one's mistakes is to shine in another's eyes,but to respond with word games is merely childish !--Who said that ??
Posted by: Ricsi | December 10, 2008 at 03:47 PM
@ricsi
Would you, please, just not bother with your totally irrelevant comments ? This is just so boring...
Posted by: Camille | December 11, 2008 at 02:21 PM
Do not read them then Camille !!
If accuracy is deemed boring then so be it.
Posted by: Ricsi | December 12, 2008 at 08:21 AM
The point here is not the spelling mistakes. Do not be a child and loose sight of the content.
'One hopes for the Gypsies' sake that the murderer is not one of their own.'
I am sure it is the gypsies. And anyone who ever came in 'contact' with any of them knows it for sure.
They are animals, nothing more. Stealing, lying, murdering is all they do. It is not a stereotype.
As a high percentage of our population I myself have been terrorised a couple of times myself by gypsies when I was a kid. They terrorise old people and child mostly.
Just like fucking hyenas.
Posted by: Bhrucy | December 17, 2008 at 03:15 PM
Bhrucy
You are quiet correct,the point is not spelling mistakes, I was highlighting the hypocrisy of Eva and the accuracy of her reports,for even if the truth is revealed,not once will she say it was a Gypsy murder,nor will she condone the rising crime wave, or even acknowledge it ! That is the reasoning behind my sarcasm.
Sorry to hear of your experiences but these are exactly what need to be made clear to all readers.
Thank you
Posted by: Ricsi | December 17, 2008 at 03:28 PM
"'One hopes for the Gypsies' sake that the murderer is not one of their own.' I am sure it is the gypsies."
We don't know yet. Just because you have had bad experiences it doesn't mean that Gypsies killed the girl in Kiskunlacháza. Let's wait until the police come up with a suspect. And then we can wait for the verdict.
Posted by: Eva Balogh | December 17, 2008 at 03:38 PM
Blogs are so informative where we get lots of information on any topic. Nice job keep it up!!
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