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Germany charges a Syrian teen for aiding a foiled terrorist plot targeting a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, linked to the Islamic State.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany has charged a Syrian juvenile with supporting a foreign terrorist organization for helping to plan a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year, the prosecutor general said in a statement on Friday.
Identified as Mohammad A, the suspect helped the would-be attacker by translating Arabic bomb-building instructions and putting him in contact with a member of the Islamic State militia online, according to the charges against him.
Police made multiple arrests over a suspected plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in the Austrian capital's Ernst Happel Stadium, prompting the cancellation of all three of her shows there in August last year.
"Mohammad A has adhered to the ideology of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) since April 2024 at the latest," the statement said.
"Between mid-July and August 2024, he was in contact with a young Austrian who was planning a bomb attack on a concert by singer Taylor Swift in Vienna."
Austria's coalition government earlier this month agreed on a plan to enable police to monitor suspects' secure messaging in order to thwart militant attacks, ending what security officials have said is a rare and dangerous blind spot for a European Union country.
(Writing by Rachel More and Matthias WilliamsEditing by Ludwig Burger and Miranda Murray)
Germany has charged a Syrian juvenile with supporting a foreign terrorist organization for helping to plan a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna.
The suspect, identified as Mohammad A, helped the would-be attacker by translating Arabic bomb-building instructions and connecting him with a member of the Islamic State militia online.
Police made multiple arrests over the suspected plot to attack the concert, leading to the cancellation of all three of Taylor Swift's shows in Vienna.
The statement indicated that Mohammad A has adhered to the ideology of the terrorist organization Islamic State since at least April 2024.
Austria's coalition government has agreed on a plan to enable police to monitor suspects' secure messaging to thwart militant attacks.
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