Overview

• Karlsruhe’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office indicted Mohammad A. on charges of supporting a terrorist organization abroad and preparing a serious state-endangering violent act
• Authorities allege he translated an Arabic bomb-making manual and supplied an ISIS loyalty oath template to the main suspect between July and August 2024
• Austrian officials canceled three Taylor Swift shows in Vienna in August 2024 after international intelligence warnings revealed the plot
• The 19-year-old Austrian main suspect remains in custody in Vienna as local prosecutors continue their investigation
• If the Berlin Higher Regional Court admits the indictment, Mohammad A. could face trial under juvenile criminal law as a “youth with maturity”