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TOI World Desk

21-year-old Austrian man sentenced to 15 years for planning ISIS-inspired terror attack at Taylor Swift concert

A 21-year-old Austrian man who admitted plotting a terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna during the singer’s Eras Tour has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The man was identified in court only as 'Beran A' under Austrian privacy laws. He pleaded guilty to planning an attack on one of Swift’s sold-out concerts at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium in August 2024. The planned attack could have caused mass casualties.

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