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Acquaintance of Suspect in Taylor Swift Concert Plot Convicted at Trial in Austria
VIENNA, AUSTRIA, JUL 25 – Luca K. was sentenced to two years for sharing Islamic State propaganda and praising a previous attacker, signaling ongoing concerns about radicalization despite deradicalization efforts.
- On July 25, an Austrian court sentenced 18-year-old Luca K. to two years in prison for offenses connected to involvement with a terrorist organization, separate from the thwarted attack planned against Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna.
- Luca K., who embraced Islam in 2022, was taken into custody just before the Swift concerts scheduled for last August; however, authorities found no proof of his involvement in the alleged attack plot.
- The court convicted Luca K. for involvement with a terrorist and criminal organization by spreading Islamic State propaganda and glorifying a 2020 Vienna jihadist who killed four people.
- Luca K. admitted mistakes, renounced Islamist ideology, and said, "I have had a daughter, now I see life more seriously," while his lawyer Michael Dorn noted minimal ties with main suspect Beran A.
- The verdict is subject to appeal, and prosecutors continue investigating 20-year-old Beran A., the chief suspect in the foiled plot to attack Swift's Vienna concerts last year.
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Vienna, Austria.- An Austrian court sentenced on Friday an acquaintance of the main suspect of last year's frustrated plan to attack Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna, on charges of terrorism unrelated to the plot, and sentenced him to two years' imprisonment.The state court in Wiener Neustadt found the 18-year-old defendant, identified as Luca K. under local privacy rules, for his involvement in a terrorist organization and a criminal organizat…
Acquaintance of suspect in plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts convicted in Austria
An Austrian court on Friday convicted an acquaintance of the main suspect in last year's foiled plan to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna on terrorism charges unrelated to the plot and sentenced him to two years in prison.
Friend of Taylor Swift attack suspect sentenced in IS case by Austrian court
A teenage friend of the man suspected of planning a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year was given a two-year prison sentence on Friday for being a member of Islamic State, the teenager’s lawyer and a court official said.
Accomplice in Foiled Taylor Swift Concert Plot Convicted on Terrorism Charges
Accomplice in Foiled Taylor Swift Concert Plot Convicted on Terrorism Charges An Austrian court has handed down a two-year prison sentence to an 18-year-old, identified as Luca K, on terrorism charges unrelated to a foiled plot aimed at Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna. The charges stem from his connections with a terrorist group and glorifying violent acts.The Wiener Neustadt state court charged Luca K, who admitted to spreading Islamic State pr…
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