Police Weigh in on Taylor Swift’s U.K. Shows After Alleged Attack Plot

The suspect had been planning to assault the tens of hundreds of Swift followers anticipated to assemble exterior the stadium in Vienna, Haijawi-Pirchner stated on the press convention, per Reuters.

Haijawi-Pirchner added that the suspect had consumed radical Islamist propaganda, primarily from Islamic State and Al Qaeda. The official additionally informed Austria’s public broadcaster ORF that the person had uploaded an oath of allegiance to the present chief of Islamic State to an web account just some weeks in the past, NBC News reported.

In addition to the 19-year-old, police detained two different Austrians aged 17 and 15 in reference to the reported assault plot. Haijawi-Pirchner informed reporters Islamic State and Al Qaeda materials was discovered on the dwelling of the older teen, who he stated was employed for some days by an organization that was to supply unspecified companies on the venue for the Swift concert events, NBC News stated.

“We have prevented a terrorist attack by a suicide bomber,” Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer stated, through German translation, on X. It is a hit that we now have prevented any deaths.”