Polish security services have arrested a man accused of plotting an assassination attack against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. Authorities detained the suspect, identified as a Polish national, in the Lower Silesia region after law enforcement received credible warnings regarding potential violence against the country's political leadership.
The alleged scheme was uncovered when the State Protection Service, the body responsible for ministerial security, forwarded an email detailing the potential attack to police, according to Interior Ministry spokeswoman Karolina Galecka. Polish security officials convened a special meeting on Sunday to assess the findings, with a spokesperson stating that authorities were treating the threat as "deadly serious."
Jacek Dobrzynski, a spokesman for the Special Services Co-ordinator, told local media that investigators concluded there was "a strong likelihood that these threats could actually be carried out." Tusk praised law enforcement officers for their intervention, thanking police for their "swift and decisive action" in apprehending the suspect before any attack could materialize.
The plot targeted two high-ranking cabinet members, including Tusk, who returned to office as Polish prime minister in 2023. Tusk previously led the Polish government from 2007 to 2014 before serving as president of the European Council between 2014 and 2019.