The officials showed videos which they said showed test explosions the suspect had carried out
Polish prosecutors say they have foiled a planned terror attack against the president, cabinet ministers and MPs.
A 45-year-old academic researcher has been arrested on suspicion of planning to detonate four tonnes of explosives in a vehicle at the parliament building during a budget debate, they say.
He has been charged with planning a terrorist attack and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
Two other men were arrested for possessing illegal firearms.
The Polish citizen who has been arrested is accused of assembling a small arsenal of explosive material, weapons and remote-controlled detonators, and attempting to recruit others to his cause, says the BBC’s Adam Easton in Warsaw.
The suspect, who has not been identified by name, was building bombs himself and also had detonators, said prosecutor Mariusz Krason.
He has confessed in part to the suspicions against him, including planning an assassination of the state leaders, Mr Krason added.
The officials broadcast videos taken from the suspect’s home, which they said showed test explosions he had carried out.
They said the man, an explosives expert who worked at Krakow’s Agricultural University, did not belong to any political group.
The man’s motives were described however as “nationalistic, xenophobic and anti-Semitic” in character.
Polish man held on terror charges
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