Three Taylor Swift Eras Tour concerts in Vienna have been canceled after authorities detained two suspects they believe were planning a terror attack.
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00:00Three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna have been cancelled after police arrested two people
00:06suspected of planning a terror attack.
00:09Austrian authorities say the suspects, aged 17 and 19, were radicalized online.
00:15They say one recently made an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State, while the other had
00:20Islamic State and Al-Qaeda materials in his house.
00:24Police added that they identified chemical substances in the home of the 19-year-old
00:29and that the 17-year-old had been an employee at the concert venue.
00:34They say a tragedy was prevented by maintaining a heightened terror alert.