Two individuals have been arrested by Austrian police on suspicion of planning a terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert.
Taylor Swift, aged 32, is currently on her Eras World Tour and is scheduled to perform at Vienna’s Ernst-Happel-Stadion on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday this week.
Authorities have announced that a plot to target the concert has been thwarted, with a 19-year-old man and another individual being taken into custody.
The teenager was apprehended just outside Vienna, while the second suspect was arrested in the capital city on Wednesday.
Metro reports that Franz Ruf, The General Director for Public Security, confirmed the pair were arrested on Wednesday and added in a statement, “According to the current status of the investigation, the two suspects became radicalised via the internet.”
While The Irish Times states Vienna police chief Gerhard Pürstl said a police presence in the Austrian capital will be increased, explaining, “We will also use special forces and police dogs. We have passed on the information we have to the concert promoter.”
The Irish Times also reported, “The 19-year-old man had been under surveillance for some time, had radicalised in recent months and, in early July, had sworn an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation.”
It was also reported that unnamed chemical substances were found at the home of one of the suspects.
