Overview
- Participants sang Swift songs and exchanged friendship bands at the Corneliusgasse gathering.
- A plaque unveiled at the site carries a message of unity against hate, and organizer Lex Dimitrijevic said it reminds fans not to let terror diminish their joy in music.
- Vienna’s public prosecutor is continuing to review seized digital evidence in the case against the 20-year-old Austrian suspect, who remains in custody without formal charges.
- In mid-July, a Berlin court opened proceedings against a 15-year-old Syrian accused of translating bomb instructions and liaising with an Islamic State member.
- The plot was uncovered last August after a CIA warning, which also spurred Austria’s parliament to authorize domestic online surveillance and cancel three Eras Tour shows.