Attacks on a number of Jews followed the unveiling ceremony at Lake Balatin in memory of King Karol. A group of Austrian monarchists who participated in the ceremonies along with thousands of Hungarian monarchists were blamed for the attack. They were escorted across the frontier by the Hungarian gendarmes.
The Jews attacked had been on a holiday in the neighborhood of Lake Balatin.
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