On 11 October, a man was arrested in Poland who, according to the Minister of the Interior, Marcin Kerwinski, had threatened Prime Minister Donald Tusk and was planning an attack on him. Tusk confirmed the arrest and thanked the police. An early warning of a potential threat also concerned the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Briefly about the main points
- The man’s arrest was confirmed by the Minister of the Interior, Marcin Kerwinski, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
- The initial report concerned the Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh.
- The State Security Service was the first to uncover the information and passed it on to the police.
- The police, the ABW and the State Security Service took part in the inspection.
- The authorities have promised to provide details of the case once the circumstances have been investigated.
Tusk confirmed the arrest and thanked the police
Kerwinski announced the arrest on Sunday afternoon. According to him, the man in question had threatened the head of government and was planning an attack. The minister’s statement referred specifically to the threat against the Prime Minister.
This was confirmed shortly afterwards Tusk. He stated that the man who had threatened to carry out an assassination had been arrested, and thanked the police for their swift and decisive action. The Minister of the Interior did not mention the legal status of the detainee in his statement.
Three agencies investigated the threat alert
Spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior Karolina Haletska She reported that the information had first been uncovered by the State Protection Service (SOP), which is responsible for the security of senior officials. It passed the information on to the police, after which the Internal Security Agency (ABW) was called in to respond.
Government spokesperson Adam Schlapka said. Tuska and Kosinyaka-Kamysh They were informed of the threat at around 7.00 am. At 11.00 local time, an emergency meeting was convened at the ABW Anti-Terrorism Centre, attended by representatives of the police and the state security services.
Spokesperson for the Coordinator of the Security Services Jacek Dobrzyński He said that the information was considered serious and credible enough to warrant a public announcement; in his assessment, the likelihood of the threats being carried out was high. Shlapka noted that one element of the warning was an email, but the services’ concerns were not based solely on that.
The police and security services are continuing to investigate the circumstances
The authorities have not disclosed the name of the detainee, the location of his arrest, his possible motives or how the attack was planned. Nor has any information been made public regarding the charges brought against him.
Dobzhynski He promised to provide further information once the police and the security services had carried out a more thorough investigation into the circumstances. It is up to them to establish the actual scale of the threat and other details of the case.
