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

WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria - 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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This story was originally published May 28, 2026 at 12:56 PM.

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