Austrian Teen's IS Plot on Taylor Swift

0:00On April 29th, a 21-year-old Austrian dude named Baron A just admitted in court to plodding a terrorist attack on Taylor Swift's heirs tour. Concerts in Vienna last year, he got nabbed after a CIA tip-off right before the shows, with cops finding a nearly finished bomb at his place. That led Swift to scrap three sold-out stadium gigs, leaving over 195,000 fans out on the cold. Fast forward to now, Baron A's on trial, with another 21-year-old, Article, both accused of running within Islamic State's cell. He owned up to the Vienna plot and joining the group, but denied schemes targeting Mecca, Istanbul, and Dubai. Swift called the cancellation's devastating back then, which he thanked the authorities for turning potential tragedy into just missed shows, no lives, lost. Fans were gutted and it sparked real panic across Europe. Prosecutors say Baron A kicked off planning around July 21st, got arrested August 7th one day before the first concert.

1:00He's hit with charges like swearing allegiance to IS, cooking up explosives from online guides, pushing propaganda, and hunting illegal guns. Both guys, just teens at the time, could draw up to 20 years if convicted. Meanwhile, Assyrientine in Germany caught helping the plot got an 18-month suspended sentence last summer, showing how these networks snag even the young ones. Stay tuned with music news today, AI-powered updates.