WARSAW, Poland — Polish police have received information about a possible plot to attack Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, authorities said Sunday, and security officials said after an emergency meeting that they were treating it as serious, The Guardian and Al Jazeera reported.
Interior Ministry spokeswoman Karolina Gałęcka said on social media that the ministry had ordered “action to be taken in this matter” and that police, the State Protection Service and ministry officials would meet on Sunday. Government spokesman Adam Szłapka said Tusk had learned about the “exceptionally concerning” threat first thing Sunday morning.
“We take this matter extremely seriously,” said Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesman for the minister who oversees Poland’s intelligence services, after the meeting. He said the authorities considered there was a high probability that the threats would have been carried out, and that the information first reached the State Protection Service, which passed it to police, according to The Guardian. He gave no further details, though Polsat News quoted him as saying further action had been agreed, and Radio Zet reported that police had received an email about the threat, Al Jazeera said.
No information was immediately released about the origin of the alleged plot. Kosiniak-Kamysz is also deputy prime minister. Dobrzyński said Polish services are receiving a growing number of threats of various kinds every month.
Poland has been on high alert after three attacks at schools in central Poland’s Mazovia province in four days this week left one person dead and many wounded, including children, and amid fears of Russian “hybrid” sabotage aimed at weakening Western support for Ukraine. Tusk said last month that Moscow was likely to step up such attacks on NATO’s eastern flank; Russia denies any such plans.
Sources: The Guardian, Al Jazeera
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