Overview
- Three young men sympathetic to the Islamic State were arrested in Austria for allegedly planning an attack on Vienna's Pride parade.
- The suspects were aged 14, 17, and 20 and were under constant surveillance by Austria's intelligence agency.
- The organizers of the Pride parade were informed of the foiled attack only after the suspects had already been arrested.
- Hundreds of thousands of people attended the Pride parade, unaware of the potential danger.
- The rights of Austria's LGBT community have recently been increasingly threatened.