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Syrian charged over plot to attack Taylor Swift Vienna concert
bbc ^ | 06/27/2025 | Paul Kirby

Posted on 06/27/2025 7:27:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin

A young Syrian national has been charged with supporting a foreign terror group over a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last August.

Mohamed A, who is described by German authorities as a juvenile and not in custody, is accused of following the ideology of jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and helping another suspect to prepare the attack.

Concert organisers called off Taylor Swift's three sold-out gigs on the eve of the first show at Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium last year, disappointing tens of thousands of fans during her Eras Tour.

Authorities arrested several suspects at the time saying they appeared to have been inspired by IS and al-Qaeda.

"Mohammad A has adhered since April 2024 at the latest to the ideology of the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS)," Germany's federal public prosecutor said in a statement.

"Between mid-July and August 2024, he was in contact with a young adult from Austria who was planning a bomb attack on a concert by singer Taylor Swift in Vienna."

The main suspect in the case has been identified as Beran A, who authorities say was part of an IS cell in eastern Austria.

Beran A, who is now 20 and from Ternitz south of Vienna, was arrested before the concerts following a tip-

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: taylornonetooswift; taylorswift

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1 posted on 06/27/2025 7:27:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

**Concert organizers called off Taylor Swift’s three sold-out gigs at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium**

The terrorists did their job.


2 posted on 06/27/2025 7:29:19 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: BenLurkin

Mohamed A, who is described by German authorities as a juvenile and not in custody.....

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Why is he not in custody? Stupid.


3 posted on 06/27/2025 7:33:45 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t think these terrorists can even begin to imagine the resolve they would incur had something happened to Taylor Swift, regarded by a significant number (if not a majority) of Americans as a national icon.


4 posted on 06/27/2025 7:36:41 AM PDT by Drew68 (I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since yesterday. Save some tears for tomorrow.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Another perfect example of the “Hecklers’ Veto.”


5 posted on 06/27/2025 7:40:58 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)
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To: BenLurkin

Definitely do not want Taylor Swift or anyone else at the concert to be hurt, but maybe they could abduct her? Could be a good thing if she was in the harem of some gulf sheikh, and couldn’t put out any more puerile records.


6 posted on 06/27/2025 8:18:42 AM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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To: Bigg Red

I think he did a lot of Austrian’s a favor.


7 posted on 06/27/2025 8:22:25 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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8 posted on 06/27/2025 2:36:01 PM PDT by sloanrb
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