Taylor Swift had to cancel her three shows in Vienna, Austria, last year after officials discovered that the event was the target of a terrorism plot. A teenager in Germany has now been arrested in connection with that plot, according to The New York Times.
The suspect, originally from Syria, has been identified as Mohammad A by authorities. He allegedly served as an interpreter for the main suspect. Among the things he’s accused of interpreting were instructions on how to build a bomb and an oath of allegiance of the Islamic State terrorist group.
He’s been charged with supporting a foreign terrorism organization and helping to “prepare a serious act of violence endangering the state,” according to the Times. Because he is a minor, he hasn’t been taken into custody. The main suspect, a 19-year-old Austrian citizen who planned to set off explosives at Taylor’s concert, remains in jail.
After Taylor canceled the dates, she said in a statement, “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating. The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows. But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.”
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