"Prosecutors said the defendant had declared allegiance to Islamic State, sharing propaganda material and videos via various messaging services. They accused him of having obtained instructions on the internet for the construction of a shrapnel bomb based on the explosive triacetone triperoxide typically used by IS, and of having produced a small amount of the explosive. The defendant had made several attempts to buy weapons illegally outside the country and to bring them to Austria, prosecutors said."
"The US provided intelligence that fed into the cancellation decision. The United States has an enduring focus on our counter-terrorism mission, the then White House national security spokesperson, John Kirby, said in August 2024. We work closely with partners all over the world to monitor and disrupt threats. And so as part of that work, the United States did share information with Austrian partners to enable the disruption of a threat to Taylor Swift's concerts there."
Austrian prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges against a 21-year-old accused of planning an attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in August 2024. The defendant, identified by Austrian media as Beran A, was arrested in August and is in custody. Prosecutors say he declared allegiance to Islamic State, shared propaganda, obtained online instructions to build a triacetone triperoxide-based shrapnel bomb and produced a small amount of the explosive. He allegedly attempted to illegally procure weapons abroad and bring them to Austria and was linked to planning other attacks in Dubai and Istanbul. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
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