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| Budapest police deny brutality | Budapest police deny brutality |
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| Budapest's police chief has defended the use of force against protesters during clashes in Hungary's capital. | Budapest's police chief has defended the use of force against protesters during clashes in Hungary's capital. |
| Peter Gergenyi said police did not use excessive force against demonstrators on Monday and acted within the law. | Peter Gergenyi said police did not use excessive force against demonstrators on Monday and acted within the law. |
| But opposition leaders accused the police of brutality during the events, which came on the 50th anniversary of the anti-Soviet revolt. | But opposition leaders accused the police of brutality during the events, which came on the 50th anniversary of the anti-Soviet revolt. |
| Police used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon against stone-throwing anti-government protesters. | Police used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon against stone-throwing anti-government protesters. |
| "Instead of looking for mistakes, police can expect to be thanked by the honest citizens," Mr Gergenyi told the Associated Press news agency. | "Instead of looking for mistakes, police can expect to be thanked by the honest citizens," Mr Gergenyi told the Associated Press news agency. |
| He said police had found kitchen knives, iron bars, fireworks and catapults at the site of a five-week-old protest camp which police broke up early on Monday. | He said police had found kitchen knives, iron bars, fireworks and catapults at the site of a five-week-old protest camp which police broke up early on Monday. |
| He said material "necessary for home-made explosives" had also been discovered and that the camp had continued beyond its legal deadline. | He said material "necessary for home-made explosives" had also been discovered and that the camp had continued beyond its legal deadline. |
| 'Aggressive minority' | 'Aggressive minority' |
| The capital remains tense a day after the clashes. | The capital remains tense a day after the clashes. |
| Officials said 128 people were hurt in the conflict, which went on late into the night. Police arrested about 130 people. | Officials said 128 people were hurt in the conflict, which went on late into the night. Police arrested about 130 people. |
| The Hungarian flag was paraded before international dignitaries href="/1/hi/world/europe/6081974.stm" class="">Q&A: Budapest clashes href="/1/hi/in_pictures/6077712.stm" class="">In pictures: Uprising marked href="/1/hi/world/europe/6078386.stm" class="">Day of unity dashed Hungarian radio said public transport was running as normal in the city centre on Tuesday. | |
| An area around the parliament, where protesters have rallied for more than a month, remained cordoned off, the AFP news agency reported. | An area around the parliament, where protesters have rallied for more than a month, remained cordoned off, the AFP news agency reported. |
| Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has defied calls to resign, describing the protesters as an "aggressive minority". | Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has defied calls to resign, describing the protesters as an "aggressive minority". |
| The leader of the main opposition Fidesz party said the whole country was against his "illegitimate government". | The leader of the main opposition Fidesz party said the whole country was against his "illegitimate government". |
| Opposition to Mr Gyurcsany turned violent last month after he admitted lying to win re-election. | Opposition to Mr Gyurcsany turned violent last month after he admitted lying to win re-election. |
| Many of the protesters were from far-right groups and some carried the red-and-white striped flag of the Arpad dynasty - a centuries-old symbol of Hungary that was also used by the nationalist pro-Nazi government during World War II. | Many of the protesters were from far-right groups and some carried the red-and-white striped flag of the Arpad dynasty - a centuries-old symbol of Hungary that was also used by the nationalist pro-Nazi government during World War II. |
| PM under fire | PM under fire |
| A group of demonstrators briefly commandeered a tank taken from an exhibition marking the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising. | A group of demonstrators briefly commandeered a tank taken from an exhibition marking the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising. |
| Eventually the police used a snow plough to break through the barricades and disperse the demonstrators. | Eventually the police used a snow plough to break through the barricades and disperse the demonstrators. |
| Mr Gyurcsany said the protesters were an "aggressive minority... terrorising us". | Mr Gyurcsany said the protesters were an "aggressive minority... terrorising us". |
| "We have to defend the country," he said. | "We have to defend the country," he said. |
| The Fidesz party said the police had used excessive force to break up the protests. | The Fidesz party said the police had used excessive force to break up the protests. |
| The party's leader, Viktor Orban, a former prime minister, told a gathering of his supporters that "an entire country has turned against this illegitimate government". | The party's leader, Viktor Orban, a former prime minister, told a gathering of his supporters that "an entire country has turned against this illegitimate government". |
| Earlier in the day, Hungarian officials and foreign dignitaries gathered at the parliament building to lay flowers. | Earlier in the day, Hungarian officials and foreign dignitaries gathered at the parliament building to lay flowers. |
| Some veterans of the 1956 uprising refused to shake hands with Mr Gyurcsany at the commemoration. | Some veterans of the 1956 uprising refused to shake hands with Mr Gyurcsany at the commemoration. |
| The Fidesz party has long refused to mark the 1956 uprising with Mr Gyurcsany's Socialists, whom it accuses of inheriting the mantle of the pro-Soviet Communists. | The Fidesz party has long refused to mark the 1956 uprising with Mr Gyurcsany's Socialists, whom it accuses of inheriting the mantle of the pro-Soviet Communists. |
| The Hungarian anti-Soviet uprising started in Budapest on 23 October 1956, with a spontaneous demonstration by a crowd of about 23,000, the reading of a pro-democracy manifesto and the singing of banned national songs. | The Hungarian anti-Soviet uprising started in Budapest on 23 October 1956, with a spontaneous demonstration by a crowd of about 23,000, the reading of a pro-democracy manifesto and the singing of banned national songs. |
| A giant statue of Stalin was pulled down, leaving only the dictator's boots on the pedestal. | A giant statue of Stalin was pulled down, leaving only the dictator's boots on the pedestal. |
| Soviet tanks were forced to withdraw, but returned with devastating force a week later. | Soviet tanks were forced to withdraw, but returned with devastating force a week later. |