Austria charges suspect in Taylor Swift terror plot-

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Prosecutors in Austria have filed terrorism charges against a 21-year-old who was allegedly plotting to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024.

Taylor Swift performs on stage during the "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024 in London, England — Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour featured 149 sold-out stadium performances in 51 cities [FILE: August 2024]Image: Kate Green/Getty Image

Austrian prosecutors on Monday filed terrorism charges against a now 21-year-old man accused of plotting an attack on Taylor Swift’s August 2024 concert in Vienna.

According to the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office, the suspect, who has been detained since his arrest in August 2024, is facing terrorism charges, criminal organization charges, and other offenses.

The prosecutor’s office statement did not name the suspect, but Austrian media identified him as Beran A. He faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.

Suspect allegedly recieved instructions from ‘Islamic State’

The 21-year-old Austrian is accused of having been a member of a terror organization from May 2023 “by planning and preparing a terrorist attack on the concert of singer Taylor Swift,” the prosecutors said in a statement.

They added that he participated in and “openly aligned himself” with the so-called “Islamic State” group by sharing its propaganda through various messaging services and committing other offenses.

While planning the attack on the concert, the suspect allegedly attempted to obtain weapons, produced a small amount of explosives, worked on creating a shrapnel bomb “specific to IS attacks,” and received instructions from other IS members on handling explosives, according to prosecutors.

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Cancellations of ‘Eras’ tour concerts

Three dates of Taylor Swift’s record-breaking “Eras” tour were canceled in the summer of 2024 after authorities warned of a plot.

She later wrote on social media that “the reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many had planned on coming to those shows.”

Last year, a Berlin court convicted a Syrian teenager of participating in the plot to attack a Swift concert in Vienna. The 16-year-old received an 18-month suspended sentence. US intelligence helped thwart the plot.