What actions did Polish authorities take after receiving information about the suspected assassination attempts?

The interior ministry ordered authorities to take action, and officials from the police, State Protection Service and Internal Security Agency attended a meeting on Sunday. The matter was treated as seriously threatening by the minister-coordinator’s office.

Why are Polish officials especially concerned about threats against the prime minister and defense minister?

Officials said increasingly frequent threats and menacing messages reaching police and security services could be carried out in this case. Poland was also on high alert after multiple stabbing attacks during the preceding week.

Poland suspects assassination attempts on PM, defense minister

Q: Who may have been targeted in the suspected assassination attempts in Poland?

The potential targets were Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. The report was sent to police through Poland’s State Protection Service.

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Polish authorities said Sunday that Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz may have been targeted by assassination attempts in Poland. The report was transmitted to police through the State Protection Service, prompting a meeting involving police, the service and the Internal Security Agency. Officials said threats against Polish leaders have increased and warned there was a strong likelihood they could be carried out.

Key Facts

Interior ministry spokeswoman Karolina Galecka said the report was transmitted to police via the State Protection Service.
The ministry ordered authorities to act after receiving information about a possible assassination attempt against Tusk and Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Jacek Dobrzynski, spokesperson for the minister-coordinator of special services, said threats and menacing messages reach Polish authorities with increasing frequency.
Poland has remained on high alert following multiple stabbing attacks during the previous week, which Tusk called a “cult of violence.”

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Published Oct 11, 2026 9:02 pm KST

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, and Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz attend a session of parliament in Warsaw, Feb. 26. AFP-Yonhap

Poland's interior ministry said Sunday that the country's Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz may have been targeted by assassination attempts.

"A report about a potential assassination attempt on Prime Minister Donald Tusk, as well as on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, was transmitted to the police via the State Protection Service (SOP)," interior spokeswoman Karolina Galecka said at a press briefing.

Earlier on Sunday, the ministry ordered authorities to take action "in connection with the information received by (the police) concerning a possible assassination attempt on the prime minister... as well as the deputy prime minister," who is also defense minister, Galecka wrote on X.

Members of the police, state protection service (SOP) and internal security agency were present at the meeting Sunday.

"We are treating this matter as deadly serious," a spokesperson for the minister-coordinator of special services, Jacek Dobrzynski, told journalists afterward.

"Month by month, year by year, more and more various threats and menacing messages reach the police, SOP, and the services concerning Poland and Poles," he said, adding "in this case we are talking about a strong likelihood that these threats could actually be carried out."

Poland, a NATO and EU member country, has been on high alert following multiple stabbing attacks in the last week, which Tusk on Thursday denounced as a "cult of violence."

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