One of the Taylor Swift terror plot suspects, a 19-year-old, planned to use knives or homemade explosives to 'kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue,' authorities said.
Investigators who foiled a planned terror attack outside Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna, Austria, found bomb-making materials and propaganda from the Islamic State and al-Qaida at the two suspects’ homes.Officials released a photo of one of the suspects, a 19-year-old Austrian, who had uploaded to the internet an oath of allegiance to the current ISIS leader.
Austria’s privacy rules prevent the suspects’ names from being released.All three sold-out Swift concerts in Vienna were canceled on Wednesday because of the planned attack, devastating Swifties from across the world who had spent thousands to attend the Eras Tour Shows at Ernst Happel Stadium.Up to 65,000 fans were expected inside the stadium, with an additional 30,000 onlookers outside.
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