US EditionAcquaintance of Suspect in Taylor Swift Concert Plot Convicted at Trial in Austria
VIENNA, AUSTRIA, JUL 25 – Luca K. was sentenced to two years for sharing Islamic State propaganda and praising a previous attacker, signaling ongoing concerns about radicalization despite deradicalization efforts.
- Sentencing the 18-year-old Luca K. at the Regional Court of Wiener Neustadt last Friday, he received a two-year prison term for terror-related charges, the court said.
- Luca K. converted to Islam in 2022, radicalized online then in the Tewhid Mosque in Meidling, and was arrested shortly before August last year.
- Luca K. admitted sharing IS propaganda and praising a Vienna attacker, the judge said `You were by no means just the follower you wanted to portray yourself as.`
- Following the conviction, his time in detention will count toward the sentence, while a DERAD representative attested to his positive development during the trial.
- He will decide in coming days whether to accept the verdict and observers will monitor his associations after possible release.
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Vienna, Austria.- An Austrian court sentenced on Friday an acquaintance of the main suspect of last year's frustrated plan to attack Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna, on charges of terrorism unrelated to the plot, and sentenced him to two years' imprisonment.The state court in Wiener Neustadt found the 18-year-old defendant, identified as Luca K. under local privacy rules, for his involvement in a terrorist organization and a criminal organizat…
An Austrian court on Friday convicted an acquaintance of the prime suspect in last year's foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift's Vienna concerts on unrelated terrorism charges and sentenced him to…
Acquaintance of suspect in plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts convicted in Austria
An Austrian court on Friday convicted an acquaintance of the main suspect in last year's foiled plan to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna on terrorism charges unrelated to the plot and sentenced him to two years in prison.
Friend of Taylor Swift attack suspect sentenced in IS case by Austrian court
A teenage friend of the man suspected of planning a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year was given a two-year prison sentence on Friday for being a member of Islamic State, the teenager’s lawyer and a court official said.
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