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Poland probes suspected assassination attempts on PM, defence minister

Poland probes suspected assassination attempts on PM, defence minister
South China Morning Post Sunday 11 October 2026, 12:18 UTC By Agence France-Presse 1 min read
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Poland’s interior ministry said on Sunday that the country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz may have been targeted by assassination attempts. A “report about a potential assassination attempt on Prime Minister Donald Tusk, as well as on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, was transmitted to the police via the State Protection Service (SOP)”, interior spokeswoman Karolina Galecka said at a press...

Poland’s interior ministry said on Sunday that the country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz may have been targeted by assassination attempts. A “report about a potential assassination attempt on Prime Minister Donald Tusk, as well as on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, was transmitted to the police via the State Protection Service (SOP)”, interior spokeswoman Karolina Galecka said at a press...
Poland (LOCATION) interior ministry (ORG) Donald Tusk (PERSON) Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz (PERSON) the State Protection Service (ORG) Karolina Galecka (PERSON)
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