Poland Convenes Crisis Meeting Amid Probes into Plots Against PM and Defense Minister

Poland's interior ministry confirmed that police are probing suspected assassination attempts against Donald Tusk and Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, as the government convened an emergency meeting.

Following reports of security threats in Poland, interior ministry spokeswoman Karolina Galecka announced that the State Protection Service alerted police to a potential assassination attempt against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the South China Morning Post reported.

According to German broadcaster Tagesschau, authorities in Warsaw convened a crisis meeting following concrete intelligence received by police. Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported that the government convened a national security council meeting, and stated that security forces had foiled an assassination plot against Tusk.

The identities of those behind the threats have not been clarified, and further details regarding the investigation have not yet been released.