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Teen suspected of plotting Taylor Swift concert attack carried out 'concrete preparatory actions'

Two teenagers, aged 19 and 17, were arrested over plans to carry out a terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert set to take place in Vienna this weekend.

The teenage suspects in a plot to carry out a terror attack at now-cancelled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were planning to use knives or homemade explosives to kill as many people as possible, according to officials. The second suspect, a 17-year-old Austrian citizen with Turkish and Croatian roots, had started a job at the concert venue days before the Taylor Swift shows were cancelled over the terror threat, according to officials. Mr Ruf said authorities were aware of "preparatory actions" for a possible attack "and also that there is a focus by the 19-year-old perpetrator on the Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna," the Austria Press Agency reported.

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