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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 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 authorities have detained a 23-year-old man accused of calling for the assassination of senior Polish politicians. The man, who is from the eastern Lublin region, allegedly posted on an online platform called Telegram that he wanted to "eliminate" multiple people and organize an assassination attempt against leading politicians. According to investigators, the suspect was targeting members of Poland's two largest parties. He was charged with preparing for crimes against peace, humanity, and war crimes, as well as publicly inciting a crime. The man is also accused of creating conditions that could lead to genocide. Polish authorities did not release any further information about who specifically had been targeted or what the suspect's motives were.

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Poland Polish Telegram WARSAW the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime

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Polish NORP · 3× Poland GPE · 2× the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime ORG · 2× Lublin GPE · 1× Mariusz Boron PERSON · 1× REUTERS ORG · 1× Telegram ORG · 1× WARSAW GPE · 1×

Narrative

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.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-08-21

2026-08-21 · The Straits Times

Poland detains man accused of calling for assassination of politicians · assertive framing

Claims (9 extracted, 1 hedged)

Poland detains man accused of calling for assassination of politicians WARSAW, Aug 21 - asserted

Poland → detain → politicians

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. asserted

Bureau → detain → Friday

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. asserted

bureau → discover → statement

The post appeared in a group dedicated to firearms. asserted

post → appear → firearms

Bureau → charge → statement

Polish authorities did not specify who had allegedly been targeted. uncertain

who → specify → ?

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. asserted

targets → tell → parties

The suspect, a resident of the eastern Lublin region, was placed in detention for 30 days by a court. asserted

suspect → place → court

He faces up to 20 years in prison. asserted

He → face → prison