
3rd Suspect Arrested by Austrian Police Investigating Taylor Swift Plot
Published on August 9, 2024
A third teenager has been arrested in connection with a plot to attack one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna, Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said. Karner announced the arrest of the 18-year-old Iraqi national during an unrelated news conference Friday. “He had been in contact with the main perpetrator, but is not directly connected to the attack plans. But, as was found out a few days ago, he took an oath of allegiance specifically to the IS [Islamic State, or ISIS] on August 6,” he said. Karner said investigators were scrutinizing the three suspects’ “networks” and were evaluating physical and electronic evidence which had been recovered....
