Polish authorities have detained a suspect in the killing of Russian opposition cartoonist Semyon Skrepetsky, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk saying the alleged assassin used a passport issued to a Georgian citizen. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect in the murder of a Russian citizen in Bia\u0142a Podlaska has been detained by the Lublin police and the Internal Security Agency. He used a Georgian passport. The services are working to establish the organiser of the crime,\u201d Tusk wrote on the social media platform X on Wednesday, News.Az<\/a> re[prts, citing News Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n The suspect was detained in a joint operation on the morning of 18 June by Lublin police and Poland\u2019s Internal Security Agency. Police in Lublin said the individual was using a passport issued to a 36-year-old Georgian citizen. Authorities are currently verifying the authenticity of the documents.<\/p>\n Skrepetsky was killed on 15 June near his home in Bia\u0142a Podlaska in eastern Poland. According to investigators, the attacker acted in a professional manner, firing three shots at the artist and then delivering two \u201ccontrol shots\u201d to the head and chest at close range after he fell.<\/p>\n Earlier in the investigation, Polish police detained two Belarusian nationals near the Belarusian consulate, but they were released after questioning due to a lack of evidence.<\/p>\n Tusk has previously said the circumstances of the killing point to a contract-style and politically motivated attack. He has suggested that, if involvement of Russian authorities is confirmed, it could be treated as \u201cstate terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n