Features of the extremist organizations Islamic State and Al Qaeda Austrian police found in the house of one of the two arrested who are suspected of planning attacks on three concerts of the American pop singer Taylor Swift in Vienna at the end of this Sunday, which were canceled after the plan was discovered.
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The authorities claim that the two young men wanted to kill as many people as possible with knives and explosives they made themselves.
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner announced that "the situation is serious, but a tragedy has been prevented."
The main suspect is 19 years old, his parents are from North Macedonia, he was arrested in Ternica, south of Vienna, and the second, 17 years old, was arrested in the capital.
Franz Ruff, director of public security at Austria's Ministry of the Interior, said the 19-year-old "took an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State" and admitted to planning the attack.
The second suspect, a 17-year-old Austrian citizen whose parents are from Turkey and Croatia, was arrested by special police forces near the stadium where the concerts were supposed to be tonight, tomorrow and Saturday. A few days ago, he got a job in a company that provides services at concert venues.
Investigators said they found extensive material related to the Islamic State and Al Qaeda groups in his home.
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