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Polish police detain man after threat to PM

By AAP Newswire

Oct 12, 2026

'Serious' threat to Poland PM, defence minister — Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and Prime Minister Donald Tusk were under threat. -EPA

Polish police ‌have detained a man suspected of planning an attack ‌on Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the interior minister says, after it warned earlier of a threat to Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.

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"The man who threatened and planned an attack on Prime Minister Donald ‌Tusk has ‌been ⁠detained by Polish police," Marcin Kierwinski wrote on X, without giving further details.

Tusk thanked the police for "swift and decisive action" in a separate post on X.

Earlier special services spokesperson Jacek Dobrzynski said he could not go into details but authorities ‌had treated ‌the ⁠threat as "deadly serious".

"We are talking about a high probability of these threats being carried out," he told reporters.

While violent crime is relatively 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.

Interior Ministry Spokesperson Karolina Galecka said on Sunday an email with information about the potential attack had been forwarded to police by the State Protection Service, which is responsible for ministers' security.