# Rétvári's migrant-murder claim draws Algerian embassy protest

Date: 2024

In August 2024 Interior Ministry state secretary [Bence Rétvári](/people/bence-retvari) claimed Algerian migrants had murdered a man in Valencia; Algeria's embassy in Budapest protested that police had identified a Spanish citizen as the suspect. The embassy said he had spread unverified social media claims, and fact-checkers later noted that his account echoed Spanish far-right misinformation.

## People

- Bence Rétvári: https://factrail.ai/people/bence-retvari

## Sources

- https://hirado.hu/kulfold/cikk/2024/08/13/az-algeriai-nagykovetseg-eliteli-retvari-bence-nyilatkozatat
- https://demokrata.hu/magyarorszag/az-algir-nagykovetseg-elitelte-retvari-bence-nyilatkozatat-a-lefejezesrol-869426/
- https://hungarytoday.hu/algerian-embassy-unhappy-about-migrant-murder-comments/
- https://infovilag.hu/retvari-allamtitkar-arnyekra-vetodott/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/retvari-valencia-migrant-claim-2024-08