Terrorists Wanted to Kill Thousands During Taylor Swift Concert Attack, CIA Says

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The US intelligence agency, the CIA, has revealed the details of the terrorist attack plan on a Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna, Austria, this month. “They were planning to kill a large number of people — tens of thousands of people on this show, including, I’m sure, many Americans — and they were pretty advanced in doing so,” CIA Deputy Director David Cohen said at the annual Intelligence and Security Conference. National Security Summit, held in Maryland, Wednesday, 28.

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The CIA discovered the plan and informed the Austrian authorities of the possible attack planned by men inspired by the terrorist group. Islamic State. Three shows, therefore, already sold out Tour of the Epochs and Vienna, which were due to take place on August 8, 9 and 10, were cancelled by the organizers.

“The Austrians were able to make these arrests because the agency and our partners in the intelligence community provided them with information about what this ISIS-linked group intended to do,” he added.

The Austrian authorities three suspects arrested. A 19-year-old from the town of Ternitz, south of Vienna, an 18-year-old Iraqi citizen and a person who lived in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

*With information from the Politico portal.

Source: Terra

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