Polish police have detained a 23-year-old man accused of calling for the assassination of senior Polish politicians on an online platform dedicated to firearms. According to the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime, the post proposed organizing an assassination attempt against leading politicians from Poland's two largest parties. The suspect faces up to 20 years in prison and has been placed in detention for 30 days by a court. A prosecutor described the man as preparing a "terrorist attack" on these politicians.
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Polish police have detained a 23-year-old man accused of calling for the assassination of senior Polish politicians. The man allegedly made the call through a post on an online platform dedicated to firearms, which proposed organizing an attempt to kill leading politicians from Poland's two largest parties. The Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime said the man was charged with inciting crime and preparing for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Authorities did not specify who the alleged targets were, but a prosecutor, Mariusz Boron, stated that the suspect was planning a terrorist attack on leading politicians.
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Poland detains man accused of calling for assassination of politicians
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Polish police have detained a 23-year-old man accused of calling for the assassination of senior Polish politicians, the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime said on Friday.
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Officers had discovered a post on an online platform that called for the "elimination" of multiple people and proposed organising an assassination attempt against leading politicians, the bureau said in a statement.
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The post appeared in a group dedicated to firearms.
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The prosecutor charged the man with undertaking activities aimed at creating conditions for an act directly aimed at committing genocide, with preparing for crimes against peace, humanity and war crimes, as well as with publicly inciting to commit a crime," the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime said in a statement.
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Polish authorities did not specify who had allegedly been targeted.
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But Mariusz Boron, a prosecutor, told reporters that the author of a post on Telegram had been "preparing a terrorist attack on leading politicians" and that the alleged targets were from Poland's two largest parties.
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The suspect, a resident of the eastern Lublin region, was placed in detention for 30 days by a court.
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He faces up to 20 years in prison.
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