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Taylor Swift Vienna Concert Suspect Admits Suicide Attack Plan

A 19-year-old Austrian, named as the main suspect in a plot to attack Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" gigs in Vienna, has admitted to preparing a suicide

Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, chief of Austria’s Directorate of State Security and Intelligence, disclosed that the suspect, who has North Macedonian ancestry, had obtained bomb-making instructions. But we can also conclude that a tragedy was avoided,” Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said during the press conference, noting that huge concerts are frequently targets of Islamist terrorism. Taylor Swift was due to perform in Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium from Thursday to Saturday, with an estimated 170,000 people expected over the three days.

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