Austrian Prosecutors Charge Beran A Over Foiled Taylor Swift Concert Terrorist Plot
Austrian prosecutors filed terrorism charges against 21-year-old Beran A following a foiled suicide attack plot targeting a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna during August 2024.The indictment alleges the defendant manufactured high explosives and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State after USA intelligence services provided critical information that led to the cancellation of three sold-out shows.If convicted at the upcoming trial in
Wiener Neustadt,
Beran A faces up to 20 years in prison for his involvement in the conspiracy which reportedly included a previously abandoned plan in
Dubai.