Taylor Swift concert attack plot leads to terrorism charges against 21-year-old man

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Taylor Swift concert attack plot leads to terrorism charges against 21-year-old man
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Austrian prosecutors are charging a 21-year-old man who they say planned to attack Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts.

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”Golden Corral is offering all-you-can-eat steak and butterfly shrimp for Presidents Day, with the option to add a lobster tail for $7.99 at participating locations.February 16, 2026 at 12:28 PM FILE - Austrian police officers watch swifts gathering in the city centre in Vienna on Aug.8, 2024. Vienna prosecutors also accuse the defendant 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. Prosecutors also say that the defendant had made"several attempts” to buy weapons illegally outside the country and to bring them to Austria. Vienna public prosecutors plan to proceed with a criminal case against the unnamed suspect in Wiener Neustadt, a town near the Austrian capital. The spokesperson for the Vienna public prosecutors office confirmed to The Associated Press that the defendant is in custody. Austrian media identified the suspect as Beran A. and said he was arrested in August 2024.The U.S. provided intelligence that fed into the decision to cancel the concerts. “The United States has an enduring focus on our counterterrorism mission. 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 in Vienna,” then-White House national security spokesman John Kirby said in August 2024. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Un memorial crece afuera de una tienda en el norte de HoustonAccident forced him off ice, now Houston male skater is chasing Olympic dreamsMeet the 'Grappler': The device Houston police say will make car chases saferAquí está el clima que puedes esperar en Houston para el Día de San ValentínHISD Superintendent Mike Miles responds to backlash over conflicting new plans to close schoolsHISD to Close 12 Schools, Supt. Mike Miles

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