Polish security agencies held a special meeting on Sunday (October 11) after receiving intelligence that Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Poland might be under threat of attack. Polish officials stated that the police are taking this threat seriously and believe that there is a high possibility of the threat being carried out.
Karolina Galecka, spokesperson for the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, announced on social media platform X on October 11 that the Polish police received information indicating that Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz may be targeted for attack. Representatives from the security agencies, police, and Ministry of Internal Affairs convened an emergency meeting on the same morning.
Galecka mentioned that the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Minister of Special Services Coordination have already ordered actions to be taken in response to this matter.
Jacek Dobrzynski, spokesperson for the Polish special department, stated that he couldn’t disclose more details, but authorities are treating this threat as “extremely serious.”
He told reporters, “We believe that these threats are highly likely to be carried out.”
The potential nature or origin of the threat is still unclear. A local radio station, Radio Zet, reported that the police received an email containing the threat.
Although violent crimes are relatively rare in Poland, the country is politically polarized, and due to its proximity to the conflict zone in Ukraine, it has always faced security threats.
Tusk previously warned in September that Russia might intensify its hybrid attacks on NATO’s eastern flank. In 2024, Tusk revealed that he received threats following an attempted assassination on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
In August of this year, a 23-year-old man was arrested by the police for allegedly advocating the assassination of senior Polish political figures.
Recent incidents of campus attacks have occurred in the province where the Polish capital Warsaw is located, putting the police on high alert.