{"id":3306,"date":"2024-08-08T17:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2024-08-08T17:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:19:47","slug":"taylor-swift-concerts-are-cancelled-in-austria-over-isis-bomb-plot-president-says-tragedy-has-been-averted-after-radicalised-19-year-old-who-also-planned-to-drive-car-into-crowd-of-fans-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3306","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift concerts are cancelled in Austria over ‘ISIS bomb plot’: President says ‘tragedy has been averted’ after radicalised 19-year-old ‘who also planned to drive car into crowd of fans’ is arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has cancelled three planned concerts in the Austrian leg of her worldwide Eras tour after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting an Islamist terror attack on the shows.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old main suspect was arrested in Ternitz, south of Vienna, while a second man was detained in the Austrian capital, according to director-general for public safety Franz Ruf.<\/p>\n

The popstar, 34,<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was due to perform on August 8, 9, and 10 at Vienna’s Ernst-Happel-Stadion which was set to be reinforced with more security measures prior to Swift’s decision to pull out.<\/p>\n

Both suspects – who allegedly radicalised themselves online – were planning to target Vienna in their attack – with the 19-year-old ‘focused’ on Swift’s Vienna concert, Ruf confirmed.<\/p>\n

Austrian media reported the suspects’ plans included driving a car into a group of revellers outside the venue before attacking with machetes and knives, as investigators also conducted tests on chemicals found at the teen suspect’s property amid fears he was planning to make an explosive.<\/p>\n

Kurier\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>also cited several sources who claimed friends of the suspects scooped jobs as security guards at the concert, suggesting they could have facilitated the attack.<\/p>\n

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Austria’s chancellor Karl Nehammer declared on X following news of the arrests: ‘Thanks to the intensive cooperation of our police and the newly established DSN (Directorate for Security and Intelligence) with foreign services, the threat was identified early on, combated, and a tragedy was prevented.’<\/p>\n

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Taylor Swift has cancelled her three upcoming Vienna, Austria concerts after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack on her shows – Swift is pictured performing in London in June<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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