Polish prime minister Donald Tusk has said a man accused of threatening an assassination attack against him and his defence minister has been arrested.

Interior Ministry spokesperson Karolina Galecka said Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski and special services coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak had ordered action following the information received by police.

Poland was holding an emergency meeting after police received information about a possible assassination plot against PM Donald Tusk. The meeting comes amid a wave of violence at Polish schools this week.

WARSAW, Oct 11 - Polish police have detained a man suspected of planning an attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the Interior Minister said on Sunday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WARSAW: Polish police have detained a man suspected of planning an attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the Interior Minister said on Sunday (Oct 11), after it warned earlier of a threat to Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz."The man who threatened and planned an attack on Prime Minister Don

Poland's police warn of a possible plot to attack Prime Minister Tusk and Defence Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz, prompting an emergency security meeting.

WARSAW: Polish security services convened a special meeting on Sunday (Oct 11) after receiving information about a potential attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, a spokesperson said.Special services spokesperson Jacek Dobrzynski said he could not go into details

“We are treating this matter very seriously,” said a government spokesperson.