Polish security services meet following threat to PM and defence minister

WARSAW: Poland's security services convened an urgent meeting on Sunday in response to a reported threat against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, according to an interior ministry spokesperson. The nature and source of the threat remain unclear at this stage. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński and the Minister-Coordinator of Special Services, Tomasz Siemoniak, have directed the relevant authorities to take necessary action, as reported by spokesperson Karolina Galecka.

A gathering is scheduled for today at 11:00 AM at the Internal Security Agency’s Counter-Terrorism Centre to discuss the matter. The minister-coordinator of special services declined to provide further comments. According to Radio Zet, the police received an email containing details about the threat. Despite Poland's generally low rate of violent crime, the country has experienced heightened political polarization and security concerns due to its location near the conflict in Ukraine.

In August, a 23-year-old man was arrested for threatening to assassinate prominent Polish politicians. In 2024, Tusk had previously mentioned receiving threats following an assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. The decision to convene this emergency meeting comes amid heightened vigilance in Poland following a series of violent incidents in schools, which resulted in the death of a caretaker on Thursday.