Germany has charged a Syrian juvenile, identified as Mohammad A., with supporting a foreign terrorist organization for his role in planning a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year, according to a statement from the prosecutor general on Friday, June 27, 2025.
The suspect assisted the would-be attacker by translating Arabic bomb-building instructions and connecting him with an Islamic State (IS) militia member online.
Police made multiple arrests over a suspected plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in the Austrian capital’s Ernst Happel Stadium, prompting the cancellation of all three of her shows there in August 2024.
“Mohammad A. has adhered to the ideology of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) since April 2024 at the latest,” the statement said. “Between mid-July and August 2024, he was in contact with a young Austrian who was planning a bomb attack on a concert by singer Taylor Swift in Vienna.”
Austria’s coalition government, earlier this month, agreed on a plan to enable police to monitor suspects’ secure messaging in order to thwart militant attacks, ending what security officials have said is a rare and dangerous blind spot for a European Union country.
Source: African Publicity
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