Austrian pleads guilty to ISIL-planned attack on Taylor Swift concert
Key takeaways
- A admits conspiring in other plans abroad as well as planning attack on Swift’s Vienna concert.
- As his trial opened in the Austrian capital on Tuesday, Beran A admitted the charges relating to the conspiracy to mount the attack.
- Beran A, Arda K and the third man, all school friends, had planned to carry out one attack each in Dubai, Istanbul and Mecca in March 2024.
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Beran. A admits conspiring in other plans abroad as well as planning attack on Swift’s Vienna concert.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Defendant Beran. A is facing the first day of trial in Wiener Neustadt for plotting attacks, including at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna [Christian Bruna/Getty Images]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026A 21-year-old Austrian man has pleaded guilty to planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna that was foiled the day before the event in August 2024.
As his trial opened in the Austrian capital on Tuesday, Beran A admitted the charges relating to the conspiracy to mount the attack. Three dates in Swift’s record-breaking tour were cancelled when authorities warned of the plot.