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News of the incident at the Radio Building rapidly spread throughout the city. Soon Budapest erupted in widespead protests and violence. The rioters tore down Stalin's statue. Crowds began chanting "Russians go home", "Away with Gero" and "Long Live Nagy". Erno Gero, the Hungreian Communist leader selected by the Soviets, ordered the Hungarian Army to supress the uprusing. The AVH which was battling the rebellion remained loyal, the Army did not. The Army was a conscript army and not a select group of Communist loyalists like the AVH. Many soldiers symphatized with the demonstrators. And instead of supressing the uprising, many soldiers handed over their weapons to the demonstrators or even joined them. Soviet authorities in Budapest asked Nagy to reason with the crowd. The violence continued to escalte. Gero next asked for Soviet troops to put down what was becoming a full-scale rebellion. A small force of Soviet troops entered Budapest (October 24). The presence of the Soviets only enraged the people of Budapest and was too small a force to put the rebellion down. The growing rebellion spaned groups who set about dismanteling the regime. Loosely organized groups of rebels entered prisons and released those encarerated, freed Cardinal Mindszenty the symbol of Hungarian frredom, attacked police stations, and the AVH secret police headquarters and prison. Demonstrations and disorders appeared in other cities as well. The rioters began forming anti-goverment groups and organizing militias who attacked the �VH as well as Soviet troops. Whole elements of the Hungrian Army joined the students and other Budabest demonstrators. Some AVH officers captured were hung on street corners. The militia began arresting Communist officials were jailed. Some officials and AVH men were executed.
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