Police officer dies after being stabbed in Hungary’s capital

The man attacked the responding officers when they tried to take him into custody and then ran into the street, the city’s police department said.

Patrol vehicles block a road at a residential building in Budapest, Hungary (Tamas Matyus/MTI via AP)

Three police officers in Budapest were stabbed while responding to a call at an apartment building, and one of them died of his injuries, Hungarian police have said.

Police received a call late on Thursday that a man had broken down the door of a neighbouring apartment in the capital’s 11th district and was attempting to enter.