Trial begins in Vienna over plot to attack Taylor Swift show
Key takeaways
- The proceedings against a man accused of planning an attack at one of Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna in 2024 has begun near the Austrian capital city.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5Cuso Taylor Swift said she was saddened but grateful they were 'grieving concerts, not lives'Image: Marius Becker/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement.
- The man, an Austrian national identified as Beran A., was arrested on August 7, 2024, the day before the first of three planned concerts by the superstar singer in Vienna.
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The proceedings against a man accused of planning an attack at one of Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna in 2024 has begun near the Austrian capital city. The man is also set to be tried on various terrorism charges.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Cuso Taylor Swift said she was saddened but grateful they were 'grieving concerts, not lives'Image: Marius Becker/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement. The trial of a man accused of plotting a terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024 opened on Tuesday in Wiener Neustadt, near the Austrian capital city.
The man, an Austrian national identified as Beran A., was arrested on August 7, 2024, the day before the first of three planned concerts by the superstar singer in Vienna.