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Austrian prosecutors have filed terrorism-related charges against a 21-year-old who they say planned to attack one of Taylor Swift\u2019s concerts in Vienna in August 2024.<\/p>\n
Three dates in Swift\u2019s record-breaking Eras tour were cancelled after authorities warned of the plot<\/a>.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the Vienna public prosecutors office confirmed on Monday that the defendant was in custody. Austrian media identified the suspect as Beran A and said he had been arrested in August 2024.<\/p>\n Prosecutors said the defendant had declared allegiance to Islamic State, sharing propaganda material and videos via various messaging services.<\/p>\n They accused him of having \u201cobtained instructions on the internet for the construction of a shrapnel bomb based on the explosive triacetone triperoxide\u201d typically used by IS, and of having produced a small amount of the explosive.<\/p>\n The defendant had made \u201cseveral attempts\u201d to buy weapons illegally outside the country and to bring them to Austria, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n They plan to proceed with a criminal case against the unnamed suspect in Wiener Neustadt, a town near the Austrian capital.<\/p>\n He is also alleged to have been involved in planning other attacks abroad, including in Dubai and Istanbul, though those attacks never materialised.<\/p>\n If found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n