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The Berlin Chamber Court convicted a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday who was planning a terrorist attack on a concert by Taylor Swift in Vienna in August 2024 should have been involved.
Court ruling and confession
The Syrian citizen who, for reasons of age and data protection, only as “Mohammad A.” is identified by the Berlin court an 18-month probation sentence under juvenile justice. He had previously been charged with the preparation of a serious state -threatening crime and the support of a terrorist association abroad.
During the non-public process, “Mohammad A.” According to CBS News, a comprehensive confession. It is said to have translated instructions for bomb construction for the main suspect-an Austrian 19-year-old-and transferred the faithful to the terrorist organization of Islamic State to the Arabic.
According to the investigators, the suspect’s goal was to “kill as many people as possible in front of the concert area”. The main suspect is said to have stolen chemicals from his job to build explosive devices. He also planned to drive into the crowd with a vehicle and be armed with knives and machetes.
Further arrests in Vienna
A third suspect, a 17-year-old, was arrested near the Vienna Ernst Happel Stadium, where Swift was to appear. The authorities also found materials from ISIS and AL QAIDA with him. He was employed by a company that provided services for concerts in the stadium.
The US singer then had to cancel three concerts in Vienna. In a later statement, Taylor Swift described the situation as “devastating”. On August 21, she wrote that the reason for the cancellations had instilled “a new kind of fear”. However, she was also grateful to the authorities, “because we mourned concerts and not for human life”.