Poland calls security meeting over attack threat to PM, defence minister

Polish authorities called a special security meeting on Sunday after police received information about a possible attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.The nature and source of the threat were not immediately clear.Interior Ministry spokesperson Karolina Galecka said Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski and special services coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak had ordered action following the information received by police.A meeting was scheduled for 11 am at the Internal Security Agency’s Counter-Terrorism Centre, she wrote on X. Private broadcaster Radio Zet reported that police had received an email containing information about the threat. A spokesperson for the special services coordinator declined to comment further.The alert comes amid deep political polarisation in Poland and security concerns linked to the war in neighbouring Ukraine, although violent crime remains relatively rare. In August, police detained a 23-year-old man accused of calling for the assassination of senior Polish politicians. Tusk also reported receiving threats in 2024 following the assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.Polish authorities have also been on high alert following a series of violent incidents in schools, including one that left a caretaker dead on Thursday.- Ends