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Terror Attack was Intended at Taylor Swift’s Concert, According to CIA

By Palak Shukla

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August 30, 2024

According to a Deputy Officer of the CIA, an intended terrorist plot was confirmed at Taylor Swift’s concert in Vienna. 

David S. Cohen, CIA Deputy Officer said, “They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans,” He continued, “The Austrians were able to make those arrests because the agency and our partners in the intelligence community provided them information about what this ISIS-connected group was planning to do,” reported by The New York Times.

On August 7, earlier this month, Barracuda Music announced the cancellation of Swift’s shows at Ernst Happel Stadium after the terrorist plot. He wrote, “We have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety.”

Authorities entirely investigated and arrested three people. A 19-year-old Austrian man who is the main culprit, 17 and 18-year-old Iraqi males. The suspects’ names were not revealed due to safety concerns. 

Additionally, in a news conference, Omar Haijawi-Pirchner said, “His aim was to kill himself and a large number of people during the concert either today or tomorrow,” on August 8. The three suspects were caught with bomb-making materials at their home. Their purpose was to use explosives and knives at Taylor Swift’s concert to kill thousands of people.

Swift broke her silence through an Instagram post, “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” she wrote on Instagram. “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows.”

She added, “But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives. I was heartened by the love and unity I saw in the fans who banded together.”