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Austrian who planned attack on Taylor Swift concert gets 15-year sentence

AL-MONITOR
May 28, 2026
Austrian defendant Beran A, who pleaded guilty to planning an attack on U.S. singer Taylor Swift's Vienna concert in 2024, is escorted by security personnel in a courtroom during the last day of his trial in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, May 28, 2026. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner
Austrian defendant Beran A, who pleaded guilty to planning an attack on U.S. singer Taylor Swift's Vienna concert in 2024, is escorted by security personnel in a courtroom during the last day of his trial in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, May 28, 2026. REUTERS/Lisa Leutner — Lisa Leutner

WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria, May 28 (Reuters) - An Austrian court on Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old who admitted planning a foiled Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024 to 15 years in prison, finding him guilty of various mainly terrorism-related offences.

(Reporting by Francois Murphy)

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