Taylor Swift Cancels Vienna Tour Dates After Planned Terrorist Attack Is Revealed | Billboard News
Taylor Swift cancels her Vienna tour dates for this weekend after plans of a terrorist attack were revealed. Keep watching for the latest updates and what the suspects had to say.
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00:00After Taylor Swift had to cancel three tour dates in Austria due to a terrorist threat authorities say the main suspect has fully confessed to
00:06their harrowing plans
00:11Taylor Swift canceled her scheduled heiress tour dates in Vienna after the arrest of two suspects who planned to unleash a terrorist attack on
00:18The shows according to Austrian officials
00:20The main suspect has fully confessed to plans to kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue
00:26Officials say the 19 year old suspect pledged allegiance to the Islamic State after being radicalized online
00:32Austria's head of the Directorate of State Security and Intelligence said the main suspect wanted to employ knives or
00:38Homemade explosives for the planned attack outside the stadium
00:41This all comes just about a week after the fatal stabbing of multiple children at a Taylor Swift themed dance and yoga event in the UK
00:48back in 2019 Taylor described situations of violence like these the mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival and the
00:54Manchester bombing as her biggest fear
00:57according to authorities
00:58IS and al-qaeda materials were reportedly found in the home of the second 17 year old suspect who was reportedly hired earlier this week by
01:05a company that provides services to the venue a
01:08Spokesperson for the singer has not yet responded in regards to the five upcoming shows scheduled for next week in London
01:14But authorities have reportedly ramped up security for the London dates