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Polish Security Services Hold Emergency Meeting Over Assassination Threat
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In Short: Polish security services convened an emergency meeting on Sunday after receiving information about a possible assassination plot targeting Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
According to Al Jazeera (Qatar), police in Poland received information about a possible plot to assassinate Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The Times of Israel (Israel) and Kyiv Post (Ukraine) also reported on the emergency meeting held by Polish security services.
Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that the meeting included members of the police, state protection service, and ministry representatives. The Kyiv Post (Ukraine) and The Times of Israel (Israel) confirmed that the Interior Ministry ordered action to be taken in response to the reported threats.
Radio Zet, a private broadcaster, reported that police had received an email with information about the threat. Polsat News, another private news outlet, also quoted special services spokesperson Jacek Dobrzynski as saying that further action had been decided at the meeting, though no details were provided.
Speaking after the meeting, Jacek Dobrzynski, spokesperson for the minister coordinating Poland’s intelligence services, said there was a “high likelihood” that the reported threats could be carried out, according to the Kyiv Post (Ukraine).
Government spokesperson Adam Szłapka told private broadcaster Polsat News that “the matter is serious,” adding that Tusk had been informed about the threat at around 7 a.m. on Sunday.
The Kyiv Post (Ukraine) and The Times of Israel (Israel) reported that the threats were serious, but the precise nature of the threats or whether any suspects had been identified was not disclosed.
All outlets agreed that Polish security services held a special meeting on Sunday after receiving information about a possible plot to kill Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the country’s defense minister.
The meeting was convened to discuss the reported assassination threats and to decide on further action to address the situation.
The sources agreed that the threats were treated as serious, with a high likelihood of being carried out, prompting immediate action by the security services.
Background
Polish security services convened an emergency meeting on Sunday after receiving information about a possible assassination plot targeting Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
What's confirmed
- Private broadcaster Radio Zet reported that police had received an email with information about the threat.
- In brief: Polish security services convened an emergency meeting on Sunday, Oct. 11, following reports of a possible assassination plot targeting Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, the Interior Ministry said.
- In August, Polish police detained a 23-year-old man accused of calling for the assassination of senior politicians.
- Earlier, Government spokesperson Adam Szłapka told private broadcaster Polsat News that “the matter is serious,” adding that Tusk had been informed about the threat at around 7 a.m. on Sunday.
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- W związku z informacją, która wpłynęła do @PolskaPolicja i dotyczy możliwego zamachu na premiera @donaldtusk oraz wicepremiera, ministra obrony narodowej @KosiniakKamysz, minister koordynator służb specjalnych @TomaszSiemoniak oraz minister spraw wewnętrznych i administracji… On Sunday morning, Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesman for the security services, first announced that the police had received “information…regarding a possible assassination attempt” on Tusk and Kosiniak-Kamysz, who, as well as serving as defence minister, is also a deputy prime minister.
- “We are treating this matter extremely, indeed deadly, seriously,” he told reporters.