Published 08/08/2024 3:29:00 p.m.

Taylor Swift terrorist threat suspect confessed he intended to kill fans: Officials

The main suspect in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift's concert confessed plans to "kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue," according to Austrian security officials.
The 19-year-old suspect planned to ram a vehicle into a crowd of 20,000 fans and attack with bladed weapons, as reported by German media outlet Kurier.
All three of Swift's Vienna shows were canceled after officials learned of the terrorist threat targeting the Ernst Happel Stadium.

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BBC News

Teen planned 'big' attack at Swift Vienna concert

Austrian officials say the suspect to intended to "carry out an attack using explosives and knives".

08/08/2024 1:44:32 p.m.·United Kingdom

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The Independent

Taylor Swift fans gather in their thousands in Vienna in solidarity after gigs cancelled as terror plot foiled

Thousands of Taylor Swift fans gathered at various locations in Vienna in solidarity after the US star’s shows were cancelled after a terror plot was foiled.

08/08/2024 10:54:23 a.m.·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Suspects hoped to 'kill as many people as possible' in foiled plot at Taylor Swift shows in Vienna

Austrian security officials said Thursday that the main suspect of the two arrested in a foiled plot to attack now-cancelled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna fully confessed to his plans to "kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue."

08/08/2024 11:24:00 a.m.·Canada

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NDTV

Teen ISIS Supporter Arrested For Planning Attack At Taylor Swift Concert

A 19-year-old IS sympathiser arrested in Austria was planning a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna designed to kill many people, the intelligence agency said on Thursday. "He said he intended to carry out an attack using explosives and knives," domestic intelligence agency (DSN) head Omar Haijawi-Pirchner told a news conference. "His aim was to kill himself and a large number of people during the concert, either today or tomo…

08/08/2024 11:36:42 a.m.·New Delhi, India

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Daily Express

Taylor Swift terror suspect seen brandishing huge knives in first pictures

A teenager accused of plotting a terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna has been pictured for the first time.

08/08/2024 1:49:00 p.m.·United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Taylor Swift terror suspect seen posing with knives and ISIS flag in first picture of teen

Beran A is just 19 years old and accused of plotting a terror attack at the Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. He is seen posing with knives and an ISIS flag in a police-issued picture

08/08/2024 1:40:17 p.m.·London, United Kingdom

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