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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IS suspect planned suicide attack at Taylor Swift Vienna concert
A 19-year-old Islamic State sympathiser planned a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, the country's intelligence agency said on Thursday. Austrian authorities detained two suspects Wednesday for allegedly plotting to attack one of three Vienna concerts by the US star, which had been due to start Thursday.All three dates were cancelled on...
19-year-old Taylor Swift concert plotter, radicalized by Islamic State, wanted to 'kill as many people as possible': Police
Authorities said the suspect recently uploaded to the internet an oath of allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group militia and 'thinks it is right to kill infidels.'
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