Police in Budapest arrested a 30‑year‑old hospital worker on 17 June after uncovering multiple human skulls, limbs and other body parts inside his flat, along with a confession to suspected cannibalism. The scale and nature of the discovery have raised urgent questions over how hospitals secure their mortuaries and how easily graves in rural areas can be disturbed without detection.
The case began after Hungary's National Bureau of Investigation received specific intelligence indicating that the man had been hoarding anatomical specimens. Acting on these tips, officers raided the suspect's home and the medical facility where he was employed as an orderly. What they found in his flat turned an initial property search into a major criminal inquiry.
