A third teenager has been arrested in connection with a suspected terror plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna.
An 18-year-old Iraqi national was taken into custody on Thursday after being in contact with the 19-year-old suspected of planning the attack, Austrian home secretary Gerhard Karner said.Swift cancelled all three of her planned shows at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Austria after two suspected extremists were arrested on Wednesday.Chemical ingredients consistent with those to make bombs were found at the home of a 19-year-old suspect, Austria's director of public security has said.
"But the thought of what could have happened if the concerts had been targeted by a terror attack is horrifying, and she would never risk the safety of her fans."The source added: "The memory of what happened at Ariana Grande's concert in Manchester is still very vivid in everyone's minds."But she has told her team that she wants to try to return to Vienna as soon as possible in the future. She is very conscious of how disappointed her fans in Austria are.
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