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Poland: Police foils alleged assassination attempt against PM

France 2412 October 2026, 10:52 UTCPoland

Poland's interior ministry said Sunday a man had been detained on suspicion of plotting an attack against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. Interior minister Marcin Kierwinski told Polish media that the suspect, a man in his 60s, had been arrested in the southwestern region of Lower Silesia. He was identified through an analysis of content posted online. The man's home is being searched and his contacts examined. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Warsaw, Adrien Sarlat.

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