Three Taylor Swift concerts in Austria were canceled by organizers on Wednesday, following the arrest of two people who allegedly plotted a terrorist attack in Vienna, authorities said. Swift was scheduled to perform at the Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in her next stops on the Eras Tour.
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00:00The 19-year-old main perpetrator is accused of planning a terrorist attack on one of the
00:10concerts taking place in Vienna, Taylor Swift, from today.
00:15Concerts like this, as already mentioned, also fit into the profile of Islamic attacks,
00:20for example in Manchester in 2017.
00:23He admitted that he wanted to use explosives and handguns.
00:31We have secured these weapons and he considered both variants.
00:35His goal was to kill himself and a large number of people today or tomorrow at the concert.
00:42We have secured chemical substances, liquids, explosives and technical equipment.
00:52The investigation results show that the precursors, hydrogen peroxide, were used
01:04to produce explosives and this explosive was also produced.
01:11The 19-year-old main perpetrator has since made a full confession.
01:21In summary, we can say that the situation was serious, the situation is serious,
01:26but we can also determine that a tragedy could be prevented.