Earlier on Wednesday, Austrian police apprehended a 19-year-old suspect who had reportedly pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group.
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00:00Upcoming Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were cancelled after Austrian authorities arrested
00:06a 19-year-old man for allegedly plotting an attack in connection with the events.
00:13The man was arrested in Ternitz, south of Vienna and a second man, who was believed
00:17to be in contact with the first suspect, was arrested in the Austrian capital itself.
00:23According to the current investigation, the suspects have radicalized on the Internet.
00:31The 19-year-old Austrian state ambassador, Mr. Staatsbürger, has made a new track
00:39on the current leader of the IS.
00:43As a result, the suspects have come up with concrete preparations for a terrorist attack.
00:52Local media say that the man was previously known to authorities as a terrorism suspect.
00:58Authorities were tipped off about the attack by a foreign security service and the man
01:03was reportedly arrested following a large police operation with over a hundred nearby
01:08residents evacuated.
01:10All three of Swift's upcoming sold-out concerts at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna
01:16were cancelled following the arrests.