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A 19-year-old Islamic State sympathizer planned a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna designed to kill many people, the country’s intelligence agency said on Thursday.
“His aim was to kill himself and a large number of people during the concert… either today or tomorrow,” he added.The second suspect, a 17-year-old Austrian, was employed at a facility management company which would have “provided services” at the Ernst Happel Stadium where Swift was to perform, said Haijawi-Pirchner.
The main suspect, an Austrian with Northern Macedonian roots, had changed “his appearance and adapted it to Islamic State propaganda,” while the second, an Austrian of Turkish or Croatian origin, had broken up with his girlfriend, he said. About 65,000 people were expected at each show. Swift did not immediately comment on the decision to cancel the Vienna shows but after the British attack said she was “completely in shock.”
The 34-year-old star was to bring her record-breaking “Eras” Tour, which began its European leg in Paris in May, to Vienna on Thursday.
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