Overview

• Mohammad A., a Syrian minor living in Germany, was formally charged on June 27 with supporting a foreign terrorist organization and preparing a serious act of violence linked to the August 2024 Vienna Eras Tour plot
• Authorities say he adopted Islamic State ideology by April 2024 and helped translate bomb-making instructions, draft an IS oath of allegiance and connect an Austrian co-conspirator with operatives abroad
• The scheme aimed to strike three sold-out shows at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium and led Austrian authorities to arrest a 19-year-old main suspect, a 17-year-old accomplice and an 18-year-old Iraqi
• Intelligence from Germany, Austria and the CIA thwarted the plot, prompting concert cancellations and renewed collaboration on extremist surveillance
• Mohammad A. remains at liberty pending trial as European governments strengthen counterterrorism laws and elevate protections for mass entertainment gatherings