Three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were canceled due to the terror threat. The suspect planned to kill people outside the stadium.
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Austrian Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner says that the Islamist terrorist threat against Vienna is serious.
– The situation was serious and the situation is serious, but we can also state that the tragedy was prevented, Karner said at a press conference in the Austrian newspaper According to Der Standard.
Three pop stars because of a terrorist threat Taylor Swift’s the concert was canceled in Vienna.
The Austrian intelligence service received a tip about the threat from a foreign intelligence service, which warned about a single 19-year-old Austrian. However, the Austrian intelligence service found out that an Islamist network was behind it.
Austria received a tip from a foreign intelligence service because the country’s authorities do not have the authority to read private messages sent in messaging services.
The suspect had been planning the attack since July. Chemicals and equipment for making explosives were found in his apartment, which shows that he was preparing an attack.
According to Austrian intelligence, the suspect’s plan was to kill people outside Swift’s concert venue.
According to Interior Minister Karner, the other suspects are no longer at large.
Reuters, AP