Polish police have detained a 46-year-old man in the town of Oborniki, suspected of publicly calling on the internet for the murder of representatives of the Polish authorities.
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka announced the detention on Tuesday. According to him, the man threatened online to kill Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Sejm Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty. The arrest took place the previous day, on 12 October.
On Tuesday, the District Prosecutor’s Office in Oborniki charged the man with publicly inciting murder, as well as with insulting Tusk, Czarzasty, and a TVP Info journalist. He is also charged with insulting MP Krzysztof Paszyk, former Polish President Lech Wałęsa, and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Head of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Oborniki, Katarzyna Sill-Szułczyńska, said the suspect admitted to publishing insulting material and expressed regret, but did not plead guilty to the charge of inciting murder. According to the investigation, he had been posting such content on Facebook and TikTok since August. He had no previous criminal record. Preventive measures applied against him include police supervision, a ban on publishing insulting content in the media, and a ban on leaving the country.
This is the second such detention in recent days. On 11 October, a man of around 60 was detained in Lower Silesia, suspected of making threats and possibly planning an attack on Donald Tusk and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Information about the possible assassination attempt was received by the State Protection Service (SOP).
