Germany Charges Syrian National in Connection with Taylor Swift Concert Plot
Germany has charged a Syrian national 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 ISIS online, according to the charges against him.
Swift's three concerts in Vienna last August were cancelled after the government confirmed a planned attack at the stadium.
Police had been expecting around 65,000 attendees at each show, as well as up to 15,000 people outside the stadium without tickets, which fed security concerns.
The shows were to be part of the record-breaking Eras Tour by the American singer-songwriter.
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