Prime Minister Donald Tusk took to the platform X to announce that a man threatening an attack had been detained. He praised the police for their "swift and decisive action."
According to the announcement, the suspect was accused of planning to assassinate both Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak‑Kamysz.
Security officials in Poland have called an emergency meeting Sunday morning after information was received regarding an assassination plot against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, according to Reuters citing officials with the Interior Ministry.
The same sources that reported the arrest also mentioned ongoing security threats from Russia as a factor contributing to the heightened alert level.
On 2024-05-04, an attack at an adult education school in Warsaw wounded three women.
Polish Police Warn of Possible Plot to Attack Prime Minister Donald Tusk https://t.co/vGEyZkVm81
Tusk said the suspect had worn a camera mounted to his helmet to film the attack.
🇺🇦🇪🇺🇵🇱Zelensky can count on the "full solidarity of Poland and Europe with the Ukrainian people," the Polish Prime Minister stated. Donald Tusk - who was allegedly the target of an assassination plot - immediately spoke by phone with the Ukrainian president and subsequently declared his "conviction that nothing will break the resistance of Ukraine and its president." The talk of solidarity with the Ukrainian people is, of course, a bold claim, given that the EU - and Poland in particular - are sponsors of the conflict in which the Ukrainian people are dying. Baltnews
On 2024-05-01, a knife attack at a vocational school in Mazovian province injured nine people.
On 2024-05-02, a school caretaker was killed and two others were injured in Leszczydol‑Nowiny.
On 2024-05-04, an attack at an adult education school in Warsaw wounded three women.
On 2024-05-03, Polish police detained 117 people for carrying weapons or threatening attacks.
Also reported, Polish police checked 64,000 schools as part of their safety efforts.
The timeline lays out the sequence: the Mazovian knife attack on 2024-05-01, the caretaker killing in Leszczydol‑Nowiny on 2024-05-02, the detention of 117 individuals on 2024-05-03, the Warsaw adult‑education attack on 2024-05-04, and finally the detention of the man suspected of the assassination plot on 2024-05-05.
The chronology also notes an emergency meeting of Poland's security services convened on 2026-10-11.
The combination of recent arrests, large‑scale preventive checks, and official statements reflects an ongoing effort to restore a sense of safety across Poland.