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Bakondi: Sex crime committed by Afghan refugee 'revolting'

The sex crime committed by an Afghan refugee in central Budapest in the early hours of Sunday was “a revolting act”, the prime minister’s domestic security advisor said. György Bakondi added that he had asked the investigating authorities to make every effort to find the man. Every day shows that migration poses a risk to Europe and the security of European people. The new incident fits in a series of similar events in Europe, he said. “It must be understood that Muslim culture has a different attitude towards women and how to respect women than Christian culture. European Christian culture respects, appreciates and protects women, and the authorities now have to make every effort to find the perpetrator,” he said. Police reports show that an 18 year-old Afghan refugee identified as Sarhadi Bilal Ahmad “forced a woman to undergo a sexual act” in the toilet of a fast-food restaurant at 3am on Sunday and afterwards fled the scene. Opposition Jobbik said that the recent incident showed that ruling
Fidesz was unable to protect Hungary. If the government says it is protecting Hungary, then it should not deny that it secretly gave asylum and protected status to some people, Jobbik lawmaker Ádám Mirkóczki, the head of parliament’s national security committee, said.