Taylor Swift concert cancelled amid Vienna terror plot fears - "It was just playing with ideas"
The cancellation of Taylor Swift's concert in Vienna shocked fans and sparked numerous controversies. The attorney of the main suspect in the case is attempting to downplay their client's involvement in the potential attack. Her statements were surprising.
Recently, all of Austria has been abuzz with the cancellation of Taylor Swift's concerts, which were meant to take place at Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion. The decision to cancel the events was made following reports of a planned attack by three teenagers aged 15, 17, and 19.
The decision to cancel Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna due to the terrorist threat was made by the organisers and was not the result of an order from authorities.
The police did everything in their power to make these events happen - emphasised the Austrian Ministry of the Interior.
More information on this topic has now appeared in Deutsche Welle. According to the attorney of the main suspect in the case, the teenager was not planning an attack during the concert; he was merely considering it, but no decisions had been made.
Let's remember that the young man pledged allegiance to ISIS and confessed after the police searched his home, confiscating, among other things, chemicals. The attorney confirmed his membership in ISIS but also claimed that the 19-year-old had only belonged to the organisation for a month.
It was just playing with ideas. He says the bomb wasn't of good enough quality, it wouldn't have worked - said attorney Ina-Christin Stiglitz to Reuters.
He quit his job for the attack
In recent days, more information has been revealed about 19-year-old Beran A., the main suspect in the planned attack on Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna.
The young man, a resident of Ternitz, worked at a large metal company in Lower Austria until the end of July. On 25th July, he unexpectedly resigned from his job, announcing that he had "big plans." These words, as it turned out later, could have been a hint of his intentions related to the terrorist attack.
According to reports from neighbours and security services, Beran A., an Austrian citizen of North Macedonian descent, had become radicalised in recent months. He grew a long beard and increasingly immersed himself in the propaganda of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS), spending time on extremist online forums.
