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Polish officials meet over reported possible plot against Tusk, defense minister

Officials met Sunday to discuss a potential assassination attempt on Tusk and Kosiniak-Kamysz amid a wave of school knife attacks.

Updated Oct 12, 2026 · 12:13 UTC8 reports

The short version

  • Interior Ministry spokesperson Karolina Galecka said authorities met Sunday to discuss a potential assassination attempt on Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.[Deutsche Welle]
  • An intelligence services spokesperson, Jacek Dobrzynski, said authorities considered a high probability the threats would be carried out.[Associated Press]
  • The alert comes after three knife attacks at Polish schools in four days left at least one person dead and many injured, including children.[Deutsche Welle]
  • Police have detained 117 people nationwide and said they found no evidence the school attacks were coordinated or fueled by a social media challenge.[Deutsche Welle]

Key facts

  • Interior Ministry spokesperson Karolina Galecka said authorities were meeting Sunday to discuss a potential assassination attempt against Tusk and Kosiniak-Kamysz.[Deutsche Welle]
  • Intelligence services spokesperson Jacek Dobrzynski said authorities considered a high probability the threats would be carried out.[Associated Press]
  • Poland has faced three knife attacks at schools in four days, leaving at least one person dead and many injured, including children.[Deutsche Welle]
  • Polish police have detained 117 people nationwide for carrying dangerous weapons or threatening attacks on schools or students.[Deutsche Welle]
  • Police said cybercrime investigators found no evidence that the attacks were coordinated or fueled by a social media challenge.[Deutsche Welle]
  • Tusk warned in September about likely intensified Russian hybrid attacks on NATO's eastern flank, and Moscow has denied any such plans.[Associated Press]

What remains uncertain

  • The nature and credibility of the reported threat against Tusk and Kosiniak-Kamysz were not immediately clear, and officials have not published details of the plot.[Associated Press · Deutsche Welle]
  • The reporting does not establish a link between the school attacks and the reported plot, nor between either and Russian hybrid activity.[Associated Press · Deutsche Welle]

Sources

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