New details have emerged concerning the terrorist plot to bomb a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, Austria, as the CIA has revealed that the suspects, whose potential attack was successfully thwarted and they were taken into custody, were seeking to kill “tens of thousands” of the popular singer’s fans. Fortunately, the CIA had discovered intelligence that led to the plans of these miscreants being interrupted and arrested before the plot could be carried out, said the agency director.
The CIA then contacted authorities in Austria about the scheme, which was deeply connected to radical Islamic terrorist group Islamic State. The information and arrests of the suspects involved in the plot resulted in Swift canceling three Eras Tour performances, all of which were sold out, leaving fans totally devastated, some of whom had traveled from other places around the world to see Swift live.
Radical Islamic terrorism has been ruining things for the rest of the civilized world ever sinced its inception by an arrogant, delusional, pedophilic “prophet” who began shedding the blood of innocent people after being humiliated by those in the Middle East for rejecting him and his weird beliefs. This is just further evidence that this ideology is far from being a “religion of peace” which is what leftists want us to believe.
I’m probably going to get some flack for that, but truth is important and in short supply these days.
Here are more details from Breitbart:
CIA Deputy Director David Cohen addressed the failed plot during the annual Intelligence and National Security Summit, held this week in Maryland.
“They were plotting to kill a huge number – tens of thousands of people at this concert, including I am sure many Americans – and were quite advanced in this,” Cohen went on to say on Wednesday. “The Austrians were able to make those arrests because the agency and our partners in the intelligence community provided them information about what this ISIS-connected group was planning to do.”
Austrian officials said the main suspect, a 19-year-old Austrian man, was inspired by the Islamic State group. He allegedly planned to attack outside the stadium, where upwards of 30,000 fans were expected to gather, with knives or homemade explosives. Another 65,000 fans were likely to be inside the venue. Investigators discovered chemical substances and technical devices during a raid of the suspect’s home.Austria’s interior minister, Gerhard Karner, previously said help from other intelligence agencies was needed because Austrian investigators, unlike some foreign services, can´t legally monitor text messages.
The 19-year-old’s lawyer has said the allegations were “overacting at its best,” and contended Austrian authorities were “presenting this exaggeratedly” in order to get new surveillance powers.
Narrowly Averted: Taylor Swift Terror Plotter Pictured, Confesses to Officers in Interrogation https://t.co/8giunhYILh
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Last week, Swift finally spoke out about having to cancel the shows after completing a series of performances in London.
“Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” she said in a statement published on Instagram. “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.”
The megastar then issued a thank you to the authorities involved in preventing the situation from happening, saying, “thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.” A most excellently made point.
“Let me be very clear: I am not going to speak about something publicly if I think doing so might provoke those who would want to harm the fans who come to my shows,” she added.