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Polish Police Detain Suspect in PM Tusk Assassination Plot
Confirmed
In Short: Polish police arrested a man suspected of plotting an attack against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, according to the interior ministry's statement to AFP on Sunday.
Polish police arrested a man suspected of plotting an attack against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, according to the interior ministry's statement to AFP on Sunday.
"The services got to him through a thorough analysis of content posted online," Tusk wrote on X, praising the police for their swift action.
"It rather appears that this is a man from very radical groups, establishing very radical contacts via the internet with various people," said a spokesperson for the minister-coordinator of special services, Jacek Dobrzynski.
"We are treating this matter as deadly serious," Dobrzynski added, noting that threats to Polish officials had become increasingly common.
"The man threatening an attack has been detained," Tusk wrote on X, praising the police for their swift and decisive action.
"The matter is serious," Szlapka told private broadcaster Polsat News, according to TVP World.
"The security services are, of course, working on the matter, and all information that can be disclosed at this stage will be provided immediately after the meeting," Szlapka said.
"The services got to him through a thorough analysis of content posted online," Tusk added, saying the man's contacts and his activity on the internet are being examined.
"The man is in his 60s and comes from the Lower Silesia region," said Poland’s Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski.
"We are treating this matter as deadly serious," a spokesperson for the minister-coordinator of special services, Jacek Dobrzynski, told reporters afterward.
"The services got to him through a thorough analysis of content posted online," Tusk added, saying the man's contacts and his activity on the internet are being examined.
"The man threatening an attack has been detained," Tusk wrote on X, praising the police for their swift and decisive action.
What's confirmed
- "The man threatening an attack has been detained," Tusk wrote on X, praising the police for their "swift and decisive action".
- “The security services are, of course, working on the matter, and all information that can be disclosed at this stage will be provided immediately after the meeting,” Szlapka said.
- WARSAW — Polish authorities launched an investigation Sunday into a reported assassination threat targeting Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.
What's still developing
- Searches were continuing at the suspect's home, ministry spokeswoman Karolina Galecka said, adding: "information about this man will of course then be verified by the police."
- However, interior minister Kierwinski told TVP Info that "at this stage it is probably too early to claim... that any foreign angle is possible" in the alleged assassination attempt.
- He served as president of the European Council from 2014 to 2019.
- The arrest was announced on Sunday after Poland’s security services held an emergency meeting over information concerning a possible assassination attempt.
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- While violent crime is usually rare in Poland, the country is deeply polarised politically and has faced security threats due to its proximity to the war in Ukraine.
- Authorities in Poland are currently on high alert following a wave of violence in schools that resulted in the death of a caretaker on Thursday.
- In a statement posted on X, Galecka said representatives of Poland's security services were expected to hold an emergency meeting to assess the threat and coordinate their response.
- Government spokesperson Adam Szlapka described the situation as serious, confirming that Tusk had been informed of the reported threat on Sunday morning.
- Representatives of Poland ’s security services were also expected to attend an emergency meeting to discuss the matter.
- Poland, a member of both NATO and the EU, has been on high alert following a series of stabbings over the past week, which Tusk on Thursday denounced as a "cult of violence".
- Members of the police, SOP and Poland's internal security agency met on Sunday to discuss the case.