{
  "id": 13711423,
  "title": "Poland probes suspected assassination attempts on PM, defence minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/poland-probes-suspected-assassination-attempts-on-pm-defence-minister",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T12:18:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3370502/poland-probes-suspected-assassination-attempts-pm-defence-minister"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Poland's interior ministry has reported that Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz may have been the targets of assassination attempts. The information was transmitted to the police through the State Protection Service. At a press conference, interior spokeswoman Karolina Galecka announced that authorities have been instructed to take action in response to the received information about a potential assassination attempt on the prime minister and deputy prime minister, who holds the position of defence minister as well.\n\nDuring the meeting on Sunday, representatives from the police, the State Protection Service, and the internal security agency were present. Jacek Dobrzynski, a spokesperson for the minister-coordinator of special services, emphasized to journalists that the matter was being treated with the utmost seriousness. He stated that threats and menacing messages targeting Poland and its citizens have been increasing in frequency.\n\nDobrzynski warned that the likelihood of these threats being carried out is high. Poland, being a member of NATO and the EU, has recently been on high alert due to multiple stabbing attacks in the past week. Prime Minister Tusk denounced these attacks as a \"cult of violence\" on Thursday.",
  "summary": "Poland’s interior ministry said on Sunday that the country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence 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 Defence Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, was transmitted to the police via the…",
  "key_points": [
    "State Protection Service informed interior ministry about potential threats.",
    "Poland on high alert due to recent stabbing attacks and cult of violence."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Poland holds emergency meeting over possible attack on PM Tusk, defence minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/poland-holds-emergency-meeting-over-possible-attack-on-pm-tusk",
        "published": "2026-10-11T10:33:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}