Prosecutors in Austria have filed terrorism charges against a 21-year-old who was allegedly plotting to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024.
According to the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office, the suspect, who has been detained since his arrest in August 2024, is facing terrorism charges, criminal organization charges, and other offenses.
The prosecutor’s office statement did not name the suspect, but Austrian media identified him as Beran A. He faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.
Suspect allegedly recieved instructions from ‘Islamic State’
The 21-year-old Austrian is accused of having been a member of a terror organization from May 2023 “by planning and preparing a terrorist attack on the concert of singer Taylor Swift,” the prosecutors said in a statement.
They added that he participated in and “openly aligned himself” with the so-called “Islamic State” group by sharing its propaganda through various messaging services and committing other offenses.
While planning the attack on the concert, the suspect allegedly attempted to obtain weapons, produced a small amount of explosives, worked on creating a shrapnel bomb “specific to IS attacks,” and received instructions from other IS members on handling explosives, according to prosecutors.
Source : https://www.dw.com/en/austria-files-terror-charges-in-alleged-taylor-swift-concert-plot/a-75995128