Polish police detain a man suspected of planning an attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk

11 October 2026

Polish police arrested a man in his sixties in the Lower Silesia region, suspected of planning an attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński announced on 11 October 2026.
Kierwiński told the state broadcaster TVP Info that security services tracked the man down through a detailed analysis of content posted online.
Government spokesperson Adam Szłapka said Tusk learned of the threat on Sunday morning.
Tusk and Kosiniak-Kamysz thanked the police for their swift and decisive response.
Authorities were already on high alert after a wave of school violence that week.