Overview

• On July 25, the 18-year-old pleaded guilty at the Landgericht Wiener Neustadt to membership in a terrorist and a criminal organization and received a two-year prison term.
• Investigators found he admired the Islamic State and shared its propaganda online but could not substantiate involvement in planning an assault on Taylor Swift’s shows.
• Court records show he helped with stage assembly for the concerts, which his lawyer said he performed solely as part of his job.
• The principal suspect in the foiled terror plot and another accomplice remain in pretrial detention in Austria as authorities pursue further inquiries.
• Meanwhile, German prosecutors have opened parallel proceedings against a teen accused of translating ISIS bomb-making manuals.