Overview
- Austrian prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges against a 21-year-old accused of planning an Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in August 2024, and he remains in custody.
- The indictment alleges ISIS allegiance, dissemination of propaganda, online instruction on making TATP, production of a small amount of the explosive, and attempts to purchase weapons illegally abroad.
- Prosecutors plan to pursue the criminal case in Wiener Neustadt, and a conviction could carry a sentence of up to 20 years.
- Authorities canceled three Vienna shows in 2024 after officials said a plot had been thwarted, with the United States sharing intelligence that informed the decision, according to the White House at the time.
- Officials have not released the suspect’s name, though Austrian media identify him as Beran A., and local reports describe Ternitz searches that seized chemicals, machetes and devices and noted additional teen detentions.