Taylor Swift concerts canceled after terror plot foiled by Vienna police
Katie HawkinsonThu, 8 August 2024 at 4:39 am SGT2-min read
Taylor Swift, pictured performing in Amsterdam on July 5, will move forward with her Vienna, Austria concerts this week, police said (Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana)
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts in Vienna have been canceled after Austrian law enforcement officers arrested two people suspected of planning a major attack on one of the performances.
Federal and local officers worked to arrest the two men on Wednesday. Police said one of the men, 19, had pledged allegiance to ISIS last month. The teen was arrested in Ternitz, an hour south of the capital, on Wednesday morning while the other man was taken into custody in Vienna hours later.
Both suspects had become radicalized on the internet and had specific plans to carry out an attack, officials said. The 19-year-old Austrian citizen was arrested with chemicals found by a bomb squad, and investigators are now determining if they could have been used to make an explosive.
