(AFP) A Berlin court on Tuesday convicted a Syrian teenager of contributing to an Islamic State-inspired plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. Three dates in the US pop megastar’s record-breaking “Eras” tour were cancelled last summer after authorities warned […]
(European Conservative) An 18-year-old man with Macedonian roots has been arrested in Austria on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks against “Western institutions.” The radicalized youth, reportedly born and raised in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district of Upper Styria, was apprehended on Sunday, July 20th, […]
(DPA) Nearly a year after three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were cancelled for fear of a terrorist attack, the trial of a suspected Islamic State supporter began in Berlin on Monday. The now 15-year-old is alleged to have helped with preparations […]
(AFP) German prosecutors said Friday they had filed charges against a Syrian youth and alleged Islamic State group supporter linked to a 2024 attack plot on a Vienna concert by US pop megastar Taylor Swift. The suspect, only partially named as Mohammad A., […]
(Deutsche Welle) German prosecutors have charged two Syrian men with war crimes they are accused of having committed some 10 years ago in the Syrian capital Damascus, as part of the so-called Islamic State militant group. In line with German privacy rules, the […]
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