TERNITZ — The teenager who the Austrian authorities say planned to unleash a 'bloodbath' at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna this week only recently showed hints of being radicalised on the internet into committing acts of violence, according to people who know him. Identified by Austrian media as Beran A.
A view of the mosque that the suspect in the foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert had frequented.TERNITZ — The teenager who the Austrian authorities say planned to unleash a "bloodbath" at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna this week only recently showed hints of being radicalised on the internet into committing acts of violence, according to people who know him.
"Only recently did he become a bit unusual," said Nicole Morgenbesser, a 33-year-old mother living nearby. Austrian officials handling the investigation said the online self-radicalisation of the youth occurred quickly, leading to him swearing a pledge to the Islamic State in a video and telling people he had "big plans" after quitting his job in July.
About an hour earlier, the police arrested the youth, with what one neighbour described as a "shout" and "bang" outside just a few metres from her front door.The police, they said, told them there was a gas leak so the locals, who included residents of a retirement home, would leave their houses.
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