The 21-year-old Austrian citizen known as Beran A also allegedly networked with members of Islamic State ahead of the planned 2024 assault
An Austrian court on Thursday convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago.
His defence lawyer said he admitted to the charges related to the concert plot during the opening day of the trial last month.
The concert plot was thwarted but Austrian authorities still cancelled Swift’s three performances in August 2024.
In short final words to the court before it adjourned to consider a verdict on Thursday, Beran A said: “I would just like to say that I am sorry.”
Beran A allegedly planned to target people outside the Ernst Happel Stadium with knives or home-made explosives.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
