Third teenager arrested over Taylor Swift show terror plot in Vienna

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Taylor Swift concert. The teenager was arrested in Vienna, after allegedly being in contact with the 19-year-old main suspect.All three of the pop star’s ‘Eras Tour’ 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 last night (Thursday August 8), tonight (9) and tomorrow (10), but event organiser Barracuda Music confirmed 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.Now, it has been confirmed that a third suspect has been arrested by police in the area in connection to the now-foiled attack.Shared by Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (via AP News), an 18-year-old was taken into custody in Vienna last night after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect.Further details were shared during an unrelated news conference earlier this morning, where investigators revealed that they were looking into the “networks” of the suspects and were now evaluating physical and electronic evidence.Yesterday it was announced that the main suspect – who has not been named in line with Austrian privacy rules – had fully confessed to planning a terror attack at one of the shows in Vienna.

He had reportedly wanted to use knives or self-made explosives outside the Ernst Happel Stadium to kill as many people as possible (via Sky News).A police search of his house reportedly led to chemicals,.