Poland investigates possible assassination plot against Tusk

Security services met in emergency session Sunday morning at the Internal Security Agency counterterrorism center after Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz received threats around 5:00 a.m. GMT on October 11. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński and Special Services Coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak ordered an immediate response after police received the information. Karolina Gałecka said the Interior Ministry ordered action to be taken in this matter. After the meeting, Jacek Dobrzynski told reporters the matter is being taken very seriously and there is a high probability that these threats will be carried out. He called the information serious. Adam Szlapka said it was more worrying than previous signals of this type. Gazeta Wyborcza said the threats arrived via electronic channels with details on residences and plans; Radio Zet said police got an email. Tusk and Kosiniak-Kamysz have yet to comment. CONTESTED: No contested facts found. Origins, suspects and any foreign link remain undisclosed. Separate notes include a Thursday school knife attack that killed a caretaker, an August WB Electronics fire Tusk called sabotage, September airspace protection expansion citing Russian provocations, a Financial Times report on Western warnings to defense executives about Russian assassination efforts, and Russia's late-September statement that firms supplying Ukraine are potential military targets.