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Teen confesses to terror plot at Taylor Swift show in Vienna, officials say “tragedy was prevented”
Taylor Swift’s shows in Vienna, and authorities have confirmed that a “tragedy was prevented” with his arrest.All three of the pop star’s shows in Vienna were cancelled earlier this week, after it was revealed that two people had been arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack during the gigs.The ‘Midnights’ singer was set to play at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium tonight (Thursday, August 8) Friday (9) and Saturday (10), but event organiser Barracuda Music confirmed last night that it had “no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety”.A 19-year-old main suspect was arrested in Ternitz, south of Vienna, and a second person in the Austrian capital. It was widely reported that the former had pledged an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State group, and the public security director at Austria’s interior ministry Franz Ruf confirmed that authorities were aware of “preparatory actions” for a possible attack in Austria.Now, it has been announced that the teenage suspect has fully confessed to planning a terror attack at one of the shows in Vienna.