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Poland Detains Plotter Accused of Assassinating Tusk, Ministers

By Drooid · Oct 11, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC · How we work

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Poland foils plot

Poland detained Jacek Dobrzynski, plotting an assassination of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.
The State Protection Service emailed police to alert them of the plot.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski and Special Services Coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak ordered immediate action.
Security agencies convened a meeting Sunday at 11:00 a.m. at the Internal Security Agency’s Counter-Terrorism Centre.
Special Services spokesperson called the threat “deadly serious” with high probability of execution.

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Poland foils plot

Poland detained Jacek Dobrzynski, plotting an assassination of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.
The State Protection Service emailed police to alert them of the plot.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski and Special Services Coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak ordered immediate action.
Security agencies convened a meeting Sunday at 11:00 a.m. at the Internal Security Agency’s Counter-Terrorism Centre.
Special Services spokesperson called the threat “deadly serious” with high probability of execution.

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