Three weeks after Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna were cancelled due to the threat of terrorism, the CIA reveals further details about the attack plans.
For thousands of Swifties, a dream was shattered at the beginning of August: All three concerts planned for Vienna by Taylor Swift (34) had to be cancelled due to the threat of terrorism. Now the American foreign intelligence service CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) has revealed further details about the foiled terrorist attack.
David S. Cohen (61), deputy director of the CIA, spoke at an annual summit near Washington DC about the intention of killing tens of thousands of people at “The Eras” concerts in Vienna. “They intended to kill a large number of people, tens of thousands of people at that concert, certainly many Americans,” Cohen is quoted as saying.
CIA helped the Austrian authorities
According to the report, Cohen went on to say that the Austrian authorities had received crucial information from the CIA. The US secret service and its partners had provided information about “what this group, which was linked to ISIS, was planning.” This enabled the officials in Vienna to arrest the suspects. Cohen did not reveal where the CIA got this information from.
On August 7, two Austrian men – a 17-year-old and a 19-year-old – were arrested in Vienna in connection with a planned attack on Swift’s concerts in Austria’s capital. The pop star’s three planned concerts between August 8 and 10 were subsequently canceled.
According to Cohen, there is no doubt that the aim of these plans was to attack “The Eras” concert and thus kill many people.
Taylor Swift broke her silence
Only a week ago, Taylor Swift commented for the first time on the concert cancellation. On August 22, she wrote: “The cancellation of our concerts in Vienna was terrible. The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear and an enormous amount of guilt because so many people had planned to come to these shows.” But she was very grateful to the authorities, she emphasized: “Because thanks to them, we mourned concerts and not people’s lives.”
Source: Stern
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