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Austrian trial over foiled attack on Taylor Swift concert enters final day
Beran A. faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to terrorism-related charges in a foiled Islamic State-linked concert plot.
- Beran A, a 21-year-old Austrian, pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges for planning an Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024.
- Beran A was arrested on August 7, 2024, one day before the first of three scheduled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna.
- Prosecutors stated Beran A attempted to illegally purchase weapons, including a machine gun and a hand grenade, and tried to make the explosive triacetone triperoxide by following Islamic State instructions.
- Before the court adjourned to consider a verdict, Beran A apologized, saying, 'I would just like to say that I am sorry'.
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·Belgrade, Serbia
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·Los Angeles, United States
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·Denmark
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·London, United Kingdom
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