Overview

• Mohamed A was charged in late June by Germany’s federal public prosecutor with supporting a foreign terrorist organisation and conspiring to commit a serious act of violence endangering the state.
• Prosecutors say he adhered to Islamic State ideology since April 2024 and helped translate bomb instructions from Arabic for fellow suspects.
• His alleged accomplice, Beran A, believed to belong to an IS cell in eastern Austria, was arrested last year following a CIA tip-off.
• The foiled plot led to the cancellation of three Vienna concerts last August that had drawn roughly 65,000 fans and led Taylor Swift to express fear and guilt.
• Authorities have yet to detain Mohamed A, who remains under investigation as the case moves toward trial.