According to Austrian media, two men were detained for reportedly planning terror attacks against forthcoming Taylor Swift performances in Vienna, one of them is an ISIS supporter.
According to reports, two individuals were detained in Austria on terror-related charges as they were allegedly planning attacks against the Taylor Swift concerts that are taking place in Vienna on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Ternitz, a town of around 15,000 inhabitants in the Neunkirchen area of Lower Austria, saw a significant police operation early on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press and the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard.
Special troops searched the man’s house for many hours after he was brought into custody, police spokesperson Johann Baumschlager told the newspaper. He continued by saying that certain roads had to be closed in order to evacuate a number of neighboring homes as well as a portion of a retirement community. The chemical materials that were taken from the suspect’s residence are being examined by investigators.
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According to Der Standard, investigators think one of the suspects became radicalized online and swore loyalty to the Islamic State’s (ISIS) current commander.
