AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - JULY 05: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY AND NO COMMERCIAL USE AT ANY TIME. NO USE ON PUBLICATION COVERS.) Taylor Swift performs onstage during 'Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour' at Johan Cruijff Arena on July 05, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
A third person has been arrested in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, Austria's interior minister said Friday.The Associated PressTaylor Swift performs onstage at Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam on July 5. The singer's three sold-out shows in Vienna were cancelled Wednesday because of a plot to attack people outside the concert venue, Austrian authorities say.
Swift had been scheduled to play the stadium for three consecutive nights starting Thursday. The shows were cancelled. Although the 18-year-old swore the oath and "comes from the social environment" of the main suspect, Karner said, he is not directly linked to the plot.The Austrian Interior Ministry, in a statement Friday to The Associated Press, said "his arrest underscores the broad scope of the ongoing investigation. Authorities are taking decisive action against anyone who might be involved in terrorist activities or exhibits radical tendencies.
Austrian police officers watch Swift fans gathering in the city centre in Vienna on Thursday. Massive groups of Swifties took to the streets to share friendship bracelets and sing the pop star's hits the day after her concerts in the city were cancelled. We speak with Mandi Johnson, an Edmontonian in Vienna, where she was supposed to attend the Taylor Swift concert tonight.Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer defended the decision to cancel the concerts, saying the arrests of the suspects took place too close to the shows, scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Barracuda said all tickets would be refunded. The same message was posted under the Vienna dates on Swift's official website.
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