WARSAW: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he is receiving threats after an assassination attempt on his counterpart from Slovakia, with a news outlet saying that his security will be beefed up.
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot five times at close range on Wednesday leading to international condemnation and calls for political tensions to die down.
“There was so much of it yesterday,” said Tusk in a post on X social media platform accompanied by a screenshot of a comment from X which stated: “today, Slovaks gave us an example of what should be done with Donald Tusk” if he declined to make huge investments in central Poland with respect to the construction of large airport.
In recent years, the political environment in Poland has become polarized following the murder of liberal Gdansk mayor who opposed anti-immigrant policies by then ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party.
Polish website Wp.pl reported on Thursday, quoting anonymous State Protection Service’s source that following this assassination attempt on Fico, Tusk’s security will be increased.
The State Protection Service – responsible for protecting the most important people in Poland – spokesperson refused to comment explaining that its actions are confidential.
“Of course we analyze and draw conclusions but we do not talk about them publicly,” Polish interior minister Tomasz Siemoniak said as quoted by Wp.pl.
