Ammon News - 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.


Reuters