A 21 year old Austrian young man accused of planning in 2024 a attempt “massive” during a concert by the American pop singer Taylor Swift has pleaded guilty this Tuesday after the start in Vienna, the capital of Austria, of the trial against him for terrorism and membership in a criminal organization.
The main accused, identified as Beran A., admitted his guilt this Tuesday in court. If convicted, he could face a sentence of up to 20 years in prisonaccording to newspaper reports ‘Die Presse‘.
“He is accused, among other things, of get online instructions for building a bomb based on the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a type of bomb used specifically in terrorist attacks Islamic State“, prosecutors said during the trial.
The young man – arrested just two days before the singer’s concert in Vienna on August 9 two years ago – would have allegedly received instructions from other members of the Islamic State to prepare said explosives, while he is also accused of “try to buy weapons and a hand grenade through illegal traders.
The defendant also allegedly incited terrorist attacks through social networks such as Snapchat with “videos aimed at killing infidels“, while sending “files that glorify the Islamic State and other propaganda material.”
In addition, a second young man, also 21 years old, has been charged with alleged terrorism crimes and has partially admitted his guilt. The Prosecutor’s Office considers that he participated, along with a third suspect who is currently in custody in Saudi Arabia, in a terrorist network that “was prepared to attack at any moment“.
However, this second defendant would not have been directly involved in the plans to carry out that attack.
