Polish prosecutors report explosives found in suspect’s home in alleged Tusk plot

Polish prosecutors said on October 13 that improvised explosives were found in the home of a 66-year-old man suspected of preparing an attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Warsaw prosecution spokesman Piotr Antoni Skiba said the man had been detained on October 11 in Lower Silesia and faced nine charges. He was placed in pretrial detention.

According to Skiba, Poland’s State Protection Service initially received an anonymous message containing a recording of a conversation with the suspect.

The prosecutor said the man described seeking people who shared his ideological views to remove the Polish government by force. That account and the alleged attack plans remain prosecution allegations.

The new announcement concerns the evidence prosecutors say they recovered and the charges brought after the arrest. It does not constitute a conviction or establish that an attack on government officials actually took place.