Overview

• On June 27, German prosecutors indicted Mohammad A., a Syrian teenager, on charges of supporting a foreign terrorist organization and planning a violent attack tied to the August 2024 Vienna concerts.
• Prosecutors say he translated Arabic bomb-making instructions, provided a template for an Islamic State allegiance oath and arranged online contact between the Austrian suspect and IS operatives.
• The plot targeted three sold-out Eras Tour shows at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium, prompting Austrian authorities to cancel the performances and arrest three suspects including two Austrian teens and an Iraqi youth.
• U.S. and European agencies, notably the CIA and Austrian police, collaborated on intelligence that revealed the plan, which CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen said aimed to kill tens of thousands of concertgoers.
• Under German juvenile privacy rules, Mohammad A. remains at large and has not been detained as juvenile court proceedings advance.