Three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were canceled after Austrian authorities detained four teenagers suspected of planning a terrorist attack.
One suspect, who shared Islamist propaganda online, pledged allegiance to IS and had sympathies for Al Qaeda.
During a home search, authorities seized bomb-making materials, Islamic State propaganda, €21,000 in counterfeit money, machetes, knives, and blank ammunition.
Police also detained an 18-year-old Iraqi national who had sworn allegiance to IS on August 6, the interior ministry said, however his direct link to the attack plans is unclear.
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One suspect, who shared Islamist propaganda online, pledged allegiance to IS and had sympathies for Al Qaeda.
During a home search, authorities seized bomb-making materials, Islamic State propaganda, €21,000 in counterfeit money, machetes, knives, and blank ammunition.
Police also detained an 18-year-old Iraqi national who had sworn allegiance to IS on August 6, the interior ministry said, however his direct link to the attack plans is unclear.
#TaylorSwift #Concert #Vienna #Austria
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00:00So many of these so-called Swifty bracelets won't be exchanged this weekend here in Vienna
00:06because three Taylor Swift concerts were cancelled due to terror threat.
00:11A 19-year-old Austrian with North Macedonian roots confessed to police
00:16that he planned to use explosives and knives around this Ernst Happel Stadium here in Vienna
00:23where Taylor Swift was set to perform.
00:26About 200,000 fans that came here from around the world, they of course devastated.
00:31They all bought tickets and they arrived in Vienna and Taylor Swift won't perform because of this terror threat.
00:37Meanwhile, three possible people involved in this planned terror act, they all were arrested
00:43and the authorities say the situation is safe.