According to Xinhua News Agency, the Austrian Interior Ministry announced on the 7th that the police arrested two suspects on the same day suspected of planning a terrorist attack against the American singer Taylor Swift's concert.
(Source: Global Network)
Franz Ruf, head of public security of the Austrian Interior Ministry, said at a press conference on the 7th that the police arrested a 19-year-old in Ternitz, a small town near the capital Vienna, that morning. The suspect has declared allegiance to the extremist organization "Islamic State". Another suspect was arrested in Vienna that afternoon. Police are investigating the incident.
The organizer of the Swift concert announced on social media on the evening of the 7th that because government officials confirmed that someone in the stadium was suspected of planning a terrorist attack, "For everyone's safety, we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled concerts." show." Organizers said all tickets will be automatically refunded.
Swift was originally scheduled to hold three concerts in Vienna from the 8th to the 10th, which are expected to attract 170,000 viewers.
Austrian Prime Minister Karl Nehammer said that day: "A tragedy was avoided."
reported that Nehammer posted on social media on the same day: "Thanks to our police and the newly established National Security Intelligence Service (dsn) and "Thanks to the close cooperation of foreign intelligence agencies, we detected this threat early and countered it, and a tragedy was averted."
The Vienna tour is part of Swift's "Time Tour" global tour. This "Era Tour" is Swift's first global tour in five years. It is called the "Walking Money Printing Press". The tour will start in March 2023 and last until the end of 2024.
This tour is called "a journey throughout the music career", covering all 10 studio albums of Taylor in the past 17 years, a total of 44 songs; spanning five continents (North America, South America, Asia, Oceania, Europe) and many countries , the number of global performances will reach 151.
This is not the first time that "Journey of the Times" has been exposed to danger. On November 17, 2023, during the Brazilian leg of the tour, a 23-year-old female fan died of heat stroke. Swift herself was also photographed in a thrilling scene of being out of breath while singing on stage. The organizer had to urgently postpone another concert originally scheduled to be held on the 18th.
Data shows that Swift is expected to earn US$4.1 billion from her "Time Tour" global tour, creating the most profitable single tour for an artist in history. The total global economic impact of this tour may exceed 10 billion US dollars.
Jimu News combines Xinhua News Agency, Global Network, and Jiemu News
(Source: Jimu News)
