US EditionAustrian Man Faces Terror Charges over Taylor Swift Concert Attack Plot
The 21-year-old suspect is charged with terrorism, bomb-making, illegal weapons attempts, and ISIS propaganda related to a 2024 plot targeting Taylor Swift concerts, which drew more than 195,000 fans.
- Vienna public prosecutors on Monday announced terrorism-related charges against Beran A, a 21-year-old accused of planning an Islamist attack linked to Taylor Swift concerts in 2024, with the case to be brought in Wiener Neustadt, a town near Vienna.
- Prosecutors say the suspect declared allegiance to Islamic State and shared IS propaganda via online messaging services while receiving instructions to build a triacetone triperoxide bomb.
- Investigators allege he produced a small amount of triacetone triperoxide and tried to buy weapons illegally, while U.S. intelligence fed information that helped thwart the plot and led to cancelling three Vienna concerts with more than 195,000 expected concert-goers.
- The Vienna public prosecutors' office confirmed the defendant is in custody since his August 2024 arrest and faces terrorism and other charges with up to 20 years in prison; three arrested suspects were teenagers at the time.
- Investigators note links to other planned attacks abroad, including alleged plots in Dubai and Istanbul, while last year a Berlin court convicted a Syrian teenager tied to the Vienna concert plot.
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A 21-year-old Austrian man has been charged with preparing a terrorist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in August 2024. Prosecutors allege the suspect pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization. As evidence, they presented propaganda material he shared via various messaging services. Prosecutors allege the suspect worked on, among other things, building an explosive shrapnel bomb, commonly used by IS. He also a…
A 21-year-old man is accused of terrorism in connection with a foiled attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, Austria, in August 2024.
Terror charges for suspect in alleged plot to attack Taylor Swift show in Vienna
Austrian public prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges on Monday against a 21-year-old defendant who they say planned to carry out an attack on one of US pop star Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna in August 2024.
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