Poland detains man suspected of planning terrorist attack

Warsaw: Poland detained a 19-year-old man suspected of planning a terrorist attack, interior ministry spokesman Jacek Dobrzynski said on Thursday.

The suspect, along with two other men arrested earlier, were gathering pyrotechnic materials and were inspired by actions of mass-killers including Norwegian Anders Breivik, Dobrzynski said on X.

"They were fascinated by their ideology, analyzed the way they carried out the attacks and the mistakes they made," he said.

The suspects had been collecting information on firearms handling, shooting postures, and combat operations in open areas and indoors.

They attended shooting ranges and conducted military-tactical training, the investigation in the northern city of Olsztyn showed.

Poland has not experienced a terrorist attack in its modern history, unlike other nations in Europe.