Taylor Swift’s Vienna Concerts Cancelled After Police Say They Uncovered a Planned Terrorist Attack

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Three Taylor Swift concerts in Austria were canceled by organizers on Wednesday, following the arrest of two people who allegedly plotted a terrorist attack in Vienna, authorities said. Swift was scheduled to perform at the Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in her next stops on the Eras Tour.

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00:00The 19-year-old main perpetrator is accused of planning a terrorist attack on one of the

00:10concerts taking place in Vienna, Taylor Swift, from today.

00:15Concerts like this, as already mentioned, also fit into the profile of Islamic attacks,

00:20for example in Manchester in 2017.

00:23He admitted that he wanted to use explosives and handguns.

00:31We have secured these weapons and he considered both variants.

00:35His goal was to kill himself and a large number of people today or tomorrow at the concert.

00:42We have secured chemical substances, liquids, explosives and technical equipment.

00:52The investigation results show that the precursors, hydrogen peroxide, were used

01:04to produce explosives and this explosive was also produced.

01:11The 19-year-old main perpetrator has since made a full confession.

01:21In summary, we can say that the situation was serious, the situation is serious,

01:26but we can also determine that a tragedy could be prevented.

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