Islamic State group material found at 2nd suspect’s home in foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows

Two Suspects Arrested in Austria Over Alleged Planned Attacks on Taylor Swift Concerts

Austria’s chancellor said Thursday, “the suspects actually had very specific and detailed plans to cause a tragedy.”

Suspects arrested for planned attack on Taylor Swift concerts influenced by Islamic State

Three sold-out Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were canceled due to a planned attack by youths, one of whom had uploaded an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State group. One of the two suspects admitted their plot was to “kill as many people as possible.”

LIVE NOW: Austrian Chancellor Briefs Media on Teen’s Arrest for Planned Attack at Taylor Swift Concert

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer speaks to the press at 10:00 a.m. ET on Aug. 8, after the arrest of a 19-year-old suspected of planning to kill “a large crowd” at one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna. ...

Alleged suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows inspired by Islamic State group: officials

Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue.”

What is Islamic State, the group implicated in Taylor Swift concert plot?

DUBAI - The 19-year-old Austrian suspected of masterminding a planned attack on a Taylor Swift concert had vowed allegiance to the Islamic State militant group's leader, authorities said. Read more at straitstimes.com.

IS, al Qaeda material found at suspect’s home in foiled terror plot targeting Taylor Swift shows

Austria authorities have reportedly found Islamic State group and al Qaeda material at the house of the second and final suspect in connection with a foiled terror plot targeting US singer Taylor Swift’s shows. The country’s Interior Minister, Gerhard Karner, said Thursday (Aug 8) that no other suspects were being pursued by the police. “The situation was serious, the situation is serious. But we can also say: A tragedy was prevented,” he was qu