Man arrested for knife attack and fatal house fire in Szentendre

In Szentendre, police arrested a 51-year-old man, András B., on suspicion of murder with particular cruelty after he allegedly stabbed his 82-year-old father, a respected professor, and then fled. Officers apprehended him soon after the incident. A subsequent fire broke out on the ground floor of the family’s roughly 80-square-metre house on Cseresznyés Road, quickly spreading to the upper floor and roof.

Firefighters arrived to find the building largely consumed and discovered the body of an 80-year-old woman who suffered fatal burns. The father survived the knife attack and returned to the property the following day, too distressed to comment. Neighbours reported fear of the fire spreading, but emergency crews prevented damage to adjacent homes.