Polish Police Arrest Man Suspected of Planning Attack on Prime Minister Tusk

Polish police arrested a man suspected of threatening and planning to attack Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Sunday.

Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński confirmed the arrest but did not provide details about the man's identity or the type of attack planned. Prime Minister Tusk posted on X, "The man who threatened an attack was detained," and thanked the police for their fast and decisive action. Poland's police had received information earlier on Sunday about a possible plot to attack Prime Minister Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesperson for the minister overseeing Poland's intelligence services, stated, "We take this matter extremely seriously," and indicated a high probability that the threats would be carried out. The information about the threat first reached the State Protection Service, which then passed it to the police. Mr. Dobrzyński spoke after an emergency meeting of security services, police, and representatives of the Interior Ministry on Sunday.

Government spokesperson Adam Szłapka told Polish media that Prime Minister Tusk learned about the threat Sunday morning and called it exceptionally concerning. Officials did not disclose the precise nature of the threats or whether any suspects had been identified beyond the arrest. Mr. Dobrzyński noted that intelligence services are receiving an increasing number of various threats each month.

The alleged plot emerged as Poland remains on high alert following a series of school stabbings this week. Three attacks at schools in Mazovia province in central Poland took place within four days this week, leaving one person dead and many wounded, including children. On Wednesday, a 19-year-old student attacked and injured nine people at a vocational school in Ostrołęka.

A day later, a 37-year-old caretaker was killed after a 15-year-old entered a primary school in Leszczydół-Nowiny, north of Warsaw, wearing a helmet-mounted camera. On Saturday, a 21-year-old woman attacked an adult education school in Warsaw, wounding three other women. Prime Minister Tusk stated on Sunday that these school attacks were spontaneous actions inspired by online activity and driven by the glorification of violence online.