BREAKING NEWS Taylor Swift concert fears as two suspects ARRESTED for allegedly plotting terror attack on upcoming Austria shows Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Eve Buckland For Dailymail.Com Published: 19:59, 7 August 2024 | Updated: 20:12, 7 August 2024 e-mail View comments Two suspects have been arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack on Taylor Swift 's upcoming shows in Vienna, Austria.
The 19-year-old main suspect was arrested in Ternitz, south of Vienna, and the second person in the Austrian capital - according to Franz Ruf, director-general for public safety in the Ministry of the Interior. The popstar, 34, is due to perform at Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion on August 8, 9, and 10 and security measures for the shows will be stepped up. The suspects - who allegedly radicalized themselves online - were planning to target Vienna in their attack - with the 19-year-old having a particular focus on Swift's Vienna concert, Ruf confirmed.
He added that authorities were aware of 'preparatory actions' for a possible attack. The 19-year-old had pledged an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State group in early July - police said. Two suspects have been arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack on Taylor Swift's upcoming shows in Vienna, Austria - Swift is pictured performing in London in June A bomb squad reportedly found chemical substances after raiding the 19-year-old's home, who was suspected of possessing an explosive device - and the substances.