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Overview
- Beran A., 21, told the court Tuesday he is guilty of planning an ISIS-linked attack on a Vienna concert, though he disputes attempted murder, and he faces up to 20 years in prison.
- Prosecutors say he made a small amount of the explosive TATP, tried to buy a machine gun and a hand grenade, and used ISIS videos to learn how to build a fragmentation bomb.
- A CIA warning led to his Aug. 7, 2024 arrest one day before the first show and to the cancellation of three dates at Ernst Happel Stadium that were set to draw roughly 195,000 fans.
- The court is also trying co-defendant Arda K. and hearing claims of further plots in Mecca, Istanbul and Dubai, with a third suspect, Hasan E., detained in Saudi Arabia.
- Taylor Swift later said she learned of the plot on her flight to Austria and thanked authorities for preventing loss of life after fans had trips and tickets upended by the cancellations.