Overview

• Federal prosecutors accuse the 15-year-old of translating IS bomb-making manuals and facilitating contact between operatives abroad and a 19-year-old Austrian suspect.
• He faces counts of supporting a foreign terrorist organization and preparing a severe state-endangering act.
• His hearings are held in closed sessions under German youth trial laws and he remains at liberty on bail.
• Austria’s main suspect is in pretrial detention and Vienna prosecutors report no additional accomplices in the case.
• Security warnings in mid-2024 led to the cancellation of three Taylor Swift shows in Vienna after authorities uncovered the plot.