Poland suspects an assassination attempt on its Prime Minister and Defense Minister

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The Polish Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that police suspect Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kuciniak-Kamisz of a possible assassination attempt.

Interior Ministry spokeswoman Carolina Galeica said on the X platform that the ministry issued directives to the authorities to take action “against information received by (the police) regarding a possible assassination attempt on the Prime Minister (...) as well as the Deputy Prime Minister,” who also holds the defense portfolio.

These developments come within the framework of the comprehensive security alert announced by the competent authorities in the capital, Warsaw, to secure senior government officials.