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Hungary detains former communist minister

Dunya News

Hungarian prosecutors say a former communist minister has been taken into custody over war crimes.

Acting Budapest Chief Prosecutor Tibor Ibolya said Monday that authorities have asked for 90-year-old Bela Biszku to be placed under house arrest.Biszku was an official under the leadership of Janos Kadar, who came to power after the October 1956 uprising was crushed in a few days by Soviet forces.Prosecutors say Biszku is the only surviving member of the communist partys interim executive committee, which is considered responsible for militias that fired indiscriminately into crowds at two separate rallies in December of 1956, killing 51 people.If convicted, Biszku could face a life sentence.