Man kills family with machete

A man in Hungary, armed with an edged weapon, yesterday killed four of his relatives and wounded three others after a family dispute, before being arrested by a police anti-terrorist unit, state media has reported.

Jutast Csanad Horvath, 24, was detained near the scene of the killings in an area of moorland in the village of Kulcs, around 60km outside the capital, Budapest.

The MTI state news agency quoted police sources as saying Horvath had killed his father, his grandparents and his older brother following a row.