Syrian teen convicted in Taylor Swift concert terrorist plot avoids jail time

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00:00A German court convicted a 16-year-old Syrian national Tuesday for supporting a foiled terror

00:06plan to attack Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna last year. The boy only identified as

00:11Mohammed A. due to German privacy laws will avoid jail time with a suspended 18-month sentence.

00:21Judges found the teen, who was 14 at the time of the incident, believed in Islamic state group

00:26ideology and helped a young man in Austria who planned to commit the terror attack outside

00:32Swift's concerts. Prosecutors say Mohammed A. communicated with a then-19-year-old Austrian

00:38suspect through social media, sending him a video on how to make a bomb and facilitating

00:44communication between him and a member of the Islamic State group. German authorities arrested

00:49Mohammed A. after discovering the communication. The CIA helped foil the plot and multiple people

00:55were initially arrested. Swift's three concerts in Vienna were canceled on August 7, 2024. As a

01:02result, Mohammed A. reportedly made a comprehensive confession during the closed-door trial and his

01:08conviction can be appealed. The now 20-year-old Austrian, who prosecutors say was the ringleader,

01:15remains in police custody. Two other teens initially arrested in the case have since been released and

01:20faced no charges. For more on this story, download the Straight Air News app or visit san.com.

01:24For Straight Arrow News, I'm Kayleigh Carey.