The teenager prepared an assassination attempt to the Taylor Swift concert. The court issued a judgment

2025-08-31 08:00
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2025-08-31 08:00
On 18 months in prison, the suspended suspension was sentenced to a 16-year-old Syrian court accused of a conspiracy on Tuesday in order to conduct an assassination attempt at the canceled Taylor Swift concert in Vienna a year ago.


For fear of terrorist attacks in August a year ago, three concerts of American pop music planned in the Austrian capital were dismissed. In the case, apart from the 16-year-old, a 20-year-old Austrian was also arrested, who planned bombing and is the main accused in the case.
The investigation of the Austrian services is pending.
On Tuesday, the court in Berlin found the 16-year-old guilty of preparing a serious act of violence and supporting the terrorist act outside the Germany. Due to the age of the accused, the trial took place behind closed doors.
According to the court, the teenager pleaded guilty. He heard the penalty of 18 months imprisonment suspended. The verdict is not final.
The judges determined that the convicted one radicalized under the influence of the so -called propaganda Islamic State (IS) on the Internet. As a 14-year-old, he kept in touch with the young Austrian planning the attacks. Convicted by the Berlin court sent him, among others A film with an instructions for building a bomb and organized contact with an IS member. (PAP)
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