Prevented assassination of Swift concert in Vienna: Further arrest

In the course of the investigation into an IS terror network, which has been operating since the spring of 2023 around the prevented assassin of a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, another arrest has now been confirmed. On Thursday evening, Nina Bussk, spokesman for the Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office, announced that a 20-year-old Slovak was arrested in Vienna. He is said to have planned an attack in Istanbul. The young man, who recently lived i…

A 20-year-old was taken into custody in Vienna. He is said to have had in mind, together with Beran A. and Hasan E., who was imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, attack plans on behalf of ISIS.

Beran A., the main suspect in the investigation of the attack plans against the Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, travelled abroad with two accomplices in the spring of the previous year. Hasan E. carried out an attack in Mecca, Beran A. himself apparently made a retreat in Dubai. Now the ominous "third man" was arrested in Vienna, which was probably to strike in Istanbul. 20-year-old Slowake has been observed for months.

A 20-year-old suspected IS terrorist and accomplice of Beran A. is also said to have had plots in mind.

The 20-year-old man may have been a member of the terrorist cell that planned the attack on the singer's concert in Vienna. The 20-year-old young Slovak citizen was detained in Austria ... ...

A 20-year-old Slovak has been detained in Austria as part of an investigation into a terror cell that planned a foiled attack on US singer Taylor Swift's concert in Vienna last year. The Slovak-born man, who lives in Vienna's Favoriten district, is suspected of being part of a cell that also planned attacks in Mecca, Dubai and Istanbul.