Austrian trial over foiled attack on Taylor Swift concert enters final day
Beran A. faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to terrorism-related charges in a foiled Islamic State-linked concert plot.
- Beran A., a 21-year-old Austrian, pleaded guilty to plotting a terrorist attack on Taylor Swift's 2024 Vienna concert and faces up to 20 years in prison for terrorism and membership in a terrorist organization.
- Authorities canceled three scheduled concerts at Ernst Happel Stadium after uncovering Beran A.'s plans to attack concertgoers with knives and explosives.
- Beran A. apologized in court, expressing regret for his actions, while his defense lawyer stated he regrets the attack and called it his biggest mistake.
- The verdict is expected from the Wiener Neustadt court following closing arguments in the trial.
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The court found that the convicted person intended to carry out an attack in front of the Ernst Happel Stadium, while the accomplice received 12 years in prison.
An Austrian court convicted a man on Thursday for planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago.
The attack was said to have taken place at the world star's concert in Austria.
Taylor Swift concert plotter has two words for star's fans after guilty verdict
Beran A planned to target Swifties outside Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium with knives or homemade explosives in a plot that was thwarted - but Austrian authorities still cancelled Swift's three performances in August 2024
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