The Role of Versions in the Investigation of the Teréz Boulevard Blast

Abstract

On 24 September 2016, a terrorist act, which had never happened before in Hungary, was committed in Budapest. The perpetrator wanted to kill two police officers on duty in a premeditated bombing. The study presents one element of forensic thinking, the thinking in versions, based on the assassination attempt that came to be known as the Teréz Boulevard bombing. In addition to describing the material facts of the crime and the main investigative measures, the author places the main emphasis on the versions set up during the investigation and shows what roles each version played in the investigation.