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Polish Services Meet After Threat Against Tusk and Defence Minister
Polish police received information about a possible attack on two senior government officials.
The officials are Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Poland’s interior minister and special services coordinator ordered action.
Security officials planned to meet at 11:00 a.m.
at a counter-terrorism centre.
Authorities had not said exactly what the threat was or where it came from.
A broadcaster reported that it might have been sent by email.
The announcement came during a period of concern about violence at schools.
Police had also responded to a stabbing at a Warsaw college that injured three people.
Police received information about a possible attack targeting Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński and special services coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak ordered action, and a meeting was scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at the Internal Security Agency’s Counter-Terrorism Centre.
Authorities did not immediately disclose the threat’s precise nature or origin; Radio Zet reported it may have arrived by email.
The announcement came amid heightened concern following violent incidents at Polish schools and a stabbing at a Warsaw college that injured three people.
Police said they had inspected about 50,000 facilities and detained 76 people after threats and school violence prompted increased attention.
- Who
- Polish police received information about a possible attack targeting Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.
- What
- Interior and special services officials ordered action, and security services scheduled a meeting to address the information.
- Where
- The meeting was scheduled at the Internal Security Agency’s Counter-Terrorism Centre in Poland.
- When
- Sunday, October 11; the meeting was scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
- Why
- Authorities were responding to information about a possible attack; its exact nature and origin were not immediately clear.
Key facts
- Officials named as possible targets
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz
- Officials ordering action
- Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński and special services coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak
- Meeting time
- 11:00 a.m. on Sunday
- Meeting location
- Internal Security Agency’s Counter-Terrorism Centre
- Threat details
- The precise nature and origin were not immediately clear; Radio Zet reported police may have received an email.
- Related college attack
- Three people were injured in a stabbing at a Warsaw college on Saturday.
- Police inspections and detentions
- Police said they inspected about 50,000 facilities and detained 76 people after the school-related threats and incidents.
Quotes
Karolina Galecka
Spokesperson for the Polish Interior Ministry
“Following information received by the Polish Police regarding a possible attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, Interior Minister, Marcin Kierwiński, and the Minister-Coordinator of Special Services, Tomasz Siemoniak, have ordered action to be taken in this matter.”
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“A meeting will be held today at 11:00 a.m. at the Internal Security Agency’s (ABW) Counter-Terrorism Centre.”
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