Vienna Austria: ISIS Suicide Attack on Taylor Swift Concert has been thwarted

Three Taylor Swift concerts that were scheduled to take place in Vienna, Austria, this week have been canceled after authorities foiled an alleged terrorist plot and arrested two people who they say were planning the attack.

The teen suspects arrested for plotting an ISIS-style terror attack at one of Taylor Swift’s Austrian concerts this week had planned to drive a bomb-filled car into the crowd to kill as many as possible and had reportedly just been hired by the venue to work security.

Terrifying details of the foiled attack emerged after authorities revealed that two men, ages 19 and 17, had been taken into custody in Vienna on Wednesday — resulting in Swift’s three sold-out Eras shows in the city being canceled.

The two suspects, who investigators say had become radicalized online by ISIS, had allegedly wanted to carry out the attack outside the Ernst Happel Stadium — killing fans with self-made explosives and machetes, security officials said Thursday.

The alleged ringleader, a 19-year-old Austrian with North Macedonian roots, had chemical substances and technical devices stashed inside his home when it was raided by authorities, according to officials.

Meanwhile, the second suspect — a 17-year-old Austrian citizen with Turkish and Croatian roots — was nabbed by special police forces near the stadium where the concerts were supposed to take place this week.

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Investigators found bomb-making materials at one of their homes. Officials said one of the two confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible at the concert venue.”