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| System ID: | jl-6bde52e5d77bec4396b07e8dfc8c3a85 |
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| Title: | Man jailed for 15 years over plot to attack Taylor Swift concert in Vienna |
| Link: | Original article on itv.com |
| Region: | AT |
| Topics: | k; concert; man; vienna; swift; 15; court; cancelled; saudi; planned; guilty; plot; taylor; attack; jailed; planning; Taylor Swift; Explosive; Ernst-Happel-Stadion; ITV News; Central Intelligence Agency; Defendant |
| Datetime: | 5/28/2026, 9:02:49 PM |
| Summary: | A man who admitted planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The plot was thwarted following a tip off from the CIA, but Swift's three concerts were still cancelled, leaving around 200,000 fans devastated. All three of the concerts in Vienna were cancelled Credit: APBeran A. had pleaded guilty to the charges relating to the concert plot on the first day of his trial in April. He had hoped to "kill as many people as possible" in the planned attack, authorities said in 2024. "Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating," Swift wrote in a statement posted to Instagram two weeks after she cancelled the shows.... |
