The mayor said that he had beaten up the old man in self-defense.
According to the available information, the mayor and the 80-year-old man were arguing on a fishpond, that once belonged to the mayor but then the man has bought it. It is not clear which one of them has started the fight, both of them blames the other.
The 80-year-old man said that he has got out an iron bar from his car to defend himself, because the mayor had attacked and kicked him several times. According to Sándor Szilágyi, the mayor of Tiszacsege, it was István Kemény, the old man, who had attacked first.
Source: debreceninap.hu
