The German Court condemns the teenager for supporting the plot to attack Taylor Swift

A German court sentenced a 16 -year -old boy from supporting a frustrated plot to attack Taylor Swift Concerts in Austria last year.

The Syrian citizen, whom prosecutors have identified only as Mohammad A. in line with German privacy rules, was convicted of preparing a serious act of violence and supporting a terrorist act of violence abroad. The Berlin court gave him a suspended sentence of 18 months.

Austrian officials said he had planned to attack outside the stadium with knives or explosives. The deputy director of the CIA, David Cohen, said last year that the suspects wanted to kill “tens of thousands” of swift fans.

The defendant made a “comprehensive confession” in his trial, which was held behind closed doors due to his age, according to the court. The verdict can be appealed.

The judges found that the defendant, then 14 years, supported the ideology of the Islamic State Group At that time and was in contact through social networks with a young man in neighboring Austria who planned to attack a rapid concert in Vienna.

The Court said they determined that, among other things, the defendant sent his acquaintance with a video with bomb -construction instructions and organized contact member.

Austrian authorities on August 7, 2024, arrested two suspects just before the three Swift concerts were canceled in Vienna. The concert organizers in Austria said they had waited up to 65,000 fans within the stadium at each concert and up to 30,000 viewers outside, where the authorities said the suspects planned to attack.

Austrian authorities took A third suspect In custody a day later, and the researchers said they found bomb -made materials in one of the suspects houses.

• Taylor Swift
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