Taylor Swift concert canceled in Vienna over terrorist threat
Taylor Swift's concerts in Austria have been canceled due to a planned terrorist attack. The 19-year-old failed attacker is the main suspect in the case. Neighbors of Beran A. indicate that he had been behaving differently than usual recently.
Late Wednesday evening, the media relayed urgent news about the upcoming Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna. The BBC, citing the Director General for Public Safety Franz Ruf, reported the arrest of men who were allegedly linked to the planned terrorist attacks. As a result, the American singer's performances were canceled.
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Austrian media reported that the matter is very serious, and the arrested teenagers planned to drive a car into a crowd of 20,000 and attack them with machetes and knives. "The Mirror" indicated that they were in possession of, among other things, detonators and fake police sirens. At the home of 19-year-old Beran A., the main suspect, chemicals were also found. Investigators revealed a photo of the arrested teenager.
Reuters reports that recently there have been significant changes in Beran A.'s behavior. According to the residents of Ternitz, the young man grew a long beard and became more serious than usual. Nicole Morgenbesser, a 33-year-old neighbor of the failed attacker, claims that he suddenly stopped greeting her on the street.
He only recently started becoming a bit strange, she confessed.
The site oe24.at reports that the young man was employed in a large metal company until the end of July. A few days earlier, he had resigned from his job, claiming that he "had big plans". It appears that these plans were connected to the planned attack. In recent months, he had been becoming increasingly radicalized and delving into ISIS propaganda.
Franz Ruf revealed that a few weeks ago, the young man posted an allegiance pledge to ISIS online. It is therefore believed that the 19-year-old may have been planning a suicide attack. Christian Samwald, the mayor of Ternitz, still cannot believe it.
