Hungary records severe assault with arson and fatal truck accident

A court in Debrecen upheld a first‑degree verdict sentencing a man to 12 years in prison for pouring gasoline on his intoxicated friend and setting him alight during a dispute; the victim suffered burns covering roughly 55% of his body but survived after emergency treatment.

Separately, a logistics centre in Csepel, Budapest, saw a 27‑ton container dropped onto a truck cab after a forklift operator mis‑positioned the load, killing the truck driver on site. The prosecutor’s office sought a suspended prison sentence for the 54‑year‑old forklift operator pending trial.