A second suspect, an 18-year-old Iraqi men, has been arrested in relation to the alleged plot strike targeting Taylor Swift’s now canceled music in Vienna, Austria’s interior secretary Gerhard Karner said during a press briefing on Friday.
The 18-year-old is believed to have been associated with the main suspect, Beran A who is a 19-year-old Hungarian regional with North Macedonian history, interior minister Gerhard Karner said.
The suspect, an Iraqi national, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State ( IS ) jihadist group on August 6. Authorities are also looking into whether he instantly participated in the destroyed attack, according to Karner.
As the research continues, more people will become interrogated, and more sites will be searched, he added.
The main suspect, who had also sworn fealty to IS, intended to carry out a fatal attack targeting the almost 20, 000″ Swiftie” fans set to obtain outside Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium, prompting the withdrawal of all three indicates due to security concerns.
One of the offenders has admitted to planning to “kill as many people as possible outside the music venue,” according to the police, The Guardian reported.
The head of Austria’s department of position security and intelligence, Omar Haijawi-Pirchner said the 19-year-old had” evidently been radicalised in the direction of the Islamic State and considers it right to kill unbelievers”.
The 19-year-old person, who resigned from his work only 12 times prior to the intended abuse, claimed he “had great programs”, and admitted to the crime while in prison, as per established statements.
Officials also arrested two other Hungarian students, aged 17 and 15, on Wednesday in connection with the alleged crime.
The 17-year-old believe, who had been employed by a company that was offering solutions at the venue, has thus far declined to provide any evidence, Karner said. Law enforcement are also questioning a 15-year-old child who is an Austrian resident with Greek roots in connection with the case.
Austrian president Karl Nehammer said directly to the disappointed supporters on Thursday,” I understand very well that those who wanted to experience the musical live are very unfortunate.” The mothers and fathers of these daughters and sons have a lot of love for them, and they are so happy about this music. However, it’s also crucial that safety always comes first in like difficult circumstances as this.
” It is essential and bilateral to work with international partners and companies.” This made it possible to avoid a horror in Vienna”, he added.
According to reports, US knowledge agencies gave Hungarian government details of the potential danger at the Swift music because the suspects allegedly exchanged messages via instant messaging apps, which are not subject to Hungarian law’s surveillance.
