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. He was said to have largely completed a shrapnel bomb to use in the attack.
The target of an attack was said to have been fans of the US music star outside the concert venue.
According to investigators, the suspect repeatedly professed allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist militia.
Source: Korea Times News
