An Austrian court on May 28 sentenced a 21-year-old man who admitted planning a foiled Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024 to 15 years in prison.
Austrian national Beran A, whose last name has been withheld in accordance with Austrian privacy rules, was arrested on Aug. 7, 2024, the day before the first of three planned concerts by the American superstar in the Austrian capital.
All three performances were canceled, to the dismay of fans, known as “Swifties,” with the singer later saying on social media that it was “devastating.”
Authorities said in 2024 that he took an oath of allegiance to the leader of the ISIS terrorist group before plotting the attacks, which they said were intended to kill “as many people as possible.”…
