Austrian Man Goes on Trial Over Foiled Taylor Swift Concert Plot
Prosecutors say Beran A. planned a shrapnel bomb attack and sought weapons, while the trial is expected to run until late May.
- A 21-year-old man named Beran A. is on trial in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, charged with planning a terrorist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in August 2024. Prosecutors say he started planning the attack by July 21, 2024.
- The CIA foiled the plot after identifying the threat just before Swift's opening concert, when more than 195,000 fans were expected to attend. Swift said the tour narrowly "dodged a massacre situation" thanks to the intervention.
- Prosecutors allege Beran obtained instructions for a TATP shrapnel bomb described as "specific to IS attacks" and declared allegiance to the Islamic State while spreading online propaganda for the jihadist group.
- Co-Defendants Arda K. and Mohammed A. also face trial in Wiener Neustadt, with prosecutors claiming the cell planned additional attacks in Mecca, Istanbul, and Dubai beyond the Vienna concert.
- If convicted, the two younger suspects face up to 20 years in prison, while a separate case last year in Germany resulted in an 18-month suspended sentence for similar involvement in the foiled plot.
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Details Emerge Regarding Planned Terror Attack at Taylor Swift Concert: Everything to Know
Scott Eisen/TAS23/Getty Images More details are emerging about the alleged terror attack that was planned for Taylor Swift’s Vienna Eras Tour concerts. Swift was scheduled to perform three shows at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium from August 8 to August 10 before the authorities learned of a suspected threat. The shows were subsequently canceled as two suspects were taken into custody in connection to the crime. “Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour Vienn…
Two 21-year-olds are on trial before a jury for planning terrorist attacks. They plead partially guilty but place the main blame on a third man.
An Austrian youth is accused of having "planned a terrorist attack" on behalf of the Islamic State Group. The concert took place in Vienna in the summer of 2024.
Trial of Austrian man accused of plotting to attack a Taylor Swift concert set to begin - The Morning Sun
WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria (AP) — The trial against a man accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and plotting to attack one of superstar singer Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna nearly two years ago is set to begin Tuesday in Austria. The plot was thwarted, but Austrian authorities still canceled Swift's three performances in August 2024. The singer's fans, known as Swifties, who had flown to Austria from across the globe to att…
The 21-year-old is charged with, among other things, membership in the terrorist organization Islamic State. He faces 20 years in prison.
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