Man admits planning attack on Taylor Swift concert in Vienna
A 21-year-old man has admitted to planning a terrorist attack on Taylor Swift's concert in Vienna in 2024. The defendant, who has North Macedonian roots, stated that he became radicalized through contact with Islamists. He reportedly completed a shrapnel bomb intended for use against concertgoers.
- ▪The main defendant is a 21-year-old Austrian with North Macedonian roots.
- ▪He confessed to planning an attack on Taylor Swift's concert in Vienna.
- ▪The suspect had largely completed a shrapnel bomb for the attack.
10 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 15 hours. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 1 lean left, 8 centre.
- ▪ Austrian pleads guilty to ISIL-planned attack on Taylor Swift concert — Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
- ▪ Suspect pleads guilty to plotting Taylor Swift Vienna concert attack — Fox News
- ▪ Defendant pleads guilty to plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert in Vienna — The Globe and Mail
- ▪ Austria Islamic State man admits plot on Taylor Swift concert in Vienna — South China Morning Post
- ▪ Austrian man pleads guilty to foiled attack on Taylor Swift's Vienna concert — Straits Times — World
- ▪ Austrian to plead guilty to plotting terror attack on Taylor Swift concert — Cbsnews
- ▪ Austrian man goes on trial for 2024 Taylor Swift concert terror plot — The Guardian — World
- ▪ Man admits plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert in Vienna — BBC News
- ▪ Trial over foiled attack on Taylor Swift’s Vienna concert set to open — All News
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One of the two men suspected of being Islamic State (IS) supporters, who were planning an attack on Taylor Swift's Vienna concert in 2024, covers his face as he returns in a courtroom for their trial in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Tuesday (local time). REUTERS-Yonhap The 21-year-old main defendant in the trial over the cancelled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna has confessed to planning a terrorist attack.The Austrian with North Macedonian roots said that until mid-2023 he had not been a radical Muslim at all. He said that had changed by January 2024 at the latest through contact with Islamists.According to the public prosecutor’s office, the 21-year-old planned an attack shortly before Swift’s concerts in August 2024.
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