Polish police have detained a man suspected of planning an attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the Interior Minister said on Sunday.
– Marcin Kierwinski told state news channel TVP Info that police had detained a man in his sixties in the Lower Silesia region of southern Poland.
– “Security services tracked him down through a detailed analysis of content posted online,” Kierwinski said.
– Tusk and Kosiniak-Kamysz thanked the police for their “swift and decisive” response in posts on X.
– 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.
– In August, police detained a 23-year-old man accused of calling for the assassination of senior Polish politicians.
– In 2024, Tusk said he received threats after an assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
– 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.