Poland checks reports of possible assassination attempt on Tusk

Polish police have received information about a possible attempt to kill Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Karolina Gałecka, a spokeswoman for Poland's Interior Ministry, announced this on Sunday, 11 October. The information is still being checked, and no details about its content have been released.

Writing on the social network X, Gałecka said that Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński and Tomasz Siemoniak, the minister coordinating the special services, had ordered action to be taken after the information arrived.

Security services meeting

According to Gałecka, a meeting is due to take place the same day at 11:00 at the counter-terrorism centre of Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW). Representatives of services subordinate to the Interior Ministry, including the police and the State Protection Service (SOP), will attend, along with ABW officers.

Context

The ministry spokeswoman's statement came as Polish authorities are on heightened alert following a series of cases of serious violence in schools. The source does not specify whether those incidents are linked to the possible assassination attempt.

No further information about the nature of the threat or possible perpetrators has been provided.