The human smuggler also had a gun.

An armed human smuggler committed suicide in Vitnyéd in Győr-Moson-Sopron county while fleeing police, he said Monday.

According to a report by police.hu, the police stopped a vehicle heading to Austria on main road 85. The driver of the car, with a firearm and a hand grenade, jumped up and ran away.

Police followed him from a safe distance, calling for him to stop, but he did not, so they fired a warning shot. Then the man pointed his gun at himself.

Meanwhile, his hand grenade exploded.

In addition to the driver, five illegal immigrants were in the car. Three of them fled the scene, their search is ongoing. Two foreigners were produced.

The circumstances of the case are being investigated by the Regional Investigation Prosecutor’s Office of the Győr Central Investigations Prosecutor’s Office.


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