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| Hungary terror suspects are WWII enthusiast, court rules | |
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| A court in Hungary has ruled that four men detained as suspected terrorists were in fact World War Two enthusiasts. | A court in Hungary has ruled that four men detained as suspected terrorists were in fact World War Two enthusiasts. |
| The men were arrested after visiting the site of a wartime tank battle at the weekend, carrying old weapons they had found with a metal detector. | The men were arrested after visiting the site of a wartime tank battle at the weekend, carrying old weapons they had found with a metal detector. |
| News of their arrest drew heightened attention in the wake of this month' Paris attacks in which 130 people died. | News of their arrest drew heightened attention in the wake of this month' Paris attacks in which 130 people died. |
| But the judge in Budapest said there was no evidence the four men had links to terrorism. | But the judge in Budapest said there was no evidence the four men had links to terrorism. |
| The judge denied a prosecutor's application for the main suspect, known only as Roland S, to be held in custody. | The judge denied a prosecutor's application for the main suspect, known only as Roland S, to be held in custody. |
| 'Looking foolish' | 'Looking foolish' |
| The four men were detained after old weapons explosives were found in their car during spot-checks by Hungary's anti-terrorist police following the 13 November Paris attacks. | The four men were detained after old weapons explosives were found in their car during spot-checks by Hungary's anti-terrorist police following the 13 November Paris attacks. |
| The co-ordinated attacks - which were claimed by Islamic State - targeted a series of sites in the French capital. | The co-ordinated attacks - which were claimed by Islamic State - targeted a series of sites in the French capital. |
| After the weekend arrests, Hungary's anti-terrorist police chief Janos Hajdu said machine guns, silencers, and even a bomb-making laboratory had been found at the home of one of the suspects | After the weekend arrests, Hungary's anti-terrorist police chief Janos Hajdu said machine guns, silencers, and even a bomb-making laboratory had been found at the home of one of the suspects |
| He also added that links to Islamist radicals could not be ruled out. | He also added that links to Islamist radicals could not be ruled out. |
| But the Budapest court said on Wednesday that "circumstances of the case point to the opposite". | But the Budapest court said on Wednesday that "circumstances of the case point to the opposite". |
| The main suspect, it said, had no links with extremists and no criminal record. | The main suspect, it said, had no links with extremists and no criminal record. |
| It said the man "lives with his mother and stepfather and is a World War Two enthusiast". | It said the man "lives with his mother and stepfather and is a World War Two enthusiast". |
| The BBC's Nick Thorpe in Budapest says the anti-terror squad have been left looking rather foolish. | The BBC's Nick Thorpe in Budapest says the anti-terror squad have been left looking rather foolish. |
| All four, however, remain under investigation for unlicensed possession of equipment capable of making explosives. | All four, however, remain under investigation for unlicensed possession of equipment capable of making explosives. |