US EditionPublished • loading... • Updated
Man pleads guilty to plotting attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, Austrian media report
The defendant plans to plead guilty to most charges after prosecutors said the plot could have killed as many as 30,000 people outside the venue.
- A suspect accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State and planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna has pleaded guilty as his trial begins, according to Austrian media.
- Authorities had previously foiled the planned attack, preventing it from being carried out.
- Despite the disruption being avoided, officials canceled three scheduled Vienna shows of Swift’s The Eras Tour in August 2024 as a precaution.
- Fans, known as “Swifties,” who had traveled from around the world were disappointed but responded by organizing gatherings across Vienna, sharing friendship bracelets and holding singalongs.
Insights by Ground AI
77 Articles
77 Articles
The 21-year-old Beran A. had built a bomb and planned to attack Swift fans with knives.
·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Read Full Article
Man admits planning attack on Taylor Swift concert in Vienna
The 21-year-old main defendant in the trial over the cancelled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna has confessed to planning a terrorist attack. The Austrian with North Macedonian roots said that until mid-2023 he had not been a radical Muslim at all. He said that had changed by January 2024 at the latest through contact with Islamists. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the 21-year-old planned an attack shortly before Swift’s concerts in …
·Korea (the Republic of)
Read Full Article
Coverage Details
Total News Sources77
Leaning Left17Leaning Right8Center45Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Center
Bias Distribution
- 64% of the sources are Center
64% Center
L 24%
C 64%
12%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
