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A German tribunal connected Tuesday convicted a 16-year-old lad of supporting a foiled crippled to attack Taylor Swift concerts successful Austria past year.
The Syrian national, whom prosecutors person identified lone arsenic Mohammad A. successful enactment with German privateness rules, was convicted of preparing a superior enactment of unit and supporting a violent enactment of unit abroad. The Berlin tribunal gave him a suspended 18-month sentence.
Austrian officials said said helium had planned to onslaught extracurricular the stadium with knives oregon explosives. CIA Deputy Director David Cohen said past twelvemonth that the suspects wanted to termination "tens of thousands" of Swift's fans.
The suspect made a "comprehensive confession" astatine his trial, which was held down closed doors due to the fact that of his age, according to the court. The verdict tin beryllium appealed.
Judges recovered that the defendant, past aged 14, supported the ideology of the Islamic State group astatine the clip and was successful interaction via societal media with a young antheral successful neighboring Austria who planned to onslaught a Swift performance successful Vienna.
The tribunal said they recovered that, among different things, the suspect sent his acquaintance a video with bomb-building instructions and organized interaction with an IS member.
Fans of vocalist Taylor Swift stitchery successful Vienna, Austria, connected August 8, 2024, aft concerts were cancelled astatine the past minute.
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Austrian authorities connected Aug. 7, 2024, arrested 2 suspects conscionable earlier 3 Swift concerts successful Vienna were canceled. Concert organizers successful Austria said they had expected up to 65,000 fans wrong the stadium astatine each performance and arsenic galore arsenic 30,000 onlookers outside, wherever authorities said the suspects planned to strike.
Austrian authorities took a 3rd suspect into custody a time aboriginal and investigators said they recovered bomb-making materials astatine 1 of the suspects' homes.
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