Taylor Swift terror plot suspect wanted to kill ‘as many people as possible’: Officials

[KARAH RUCKER]

WE’RE NOW LEARNING HOW TWO PEOPLE INTENDED ON CARRYOUT OUT A TERRORIST ATTACK AT A TAYLOR SWIFT ERAS TOUR CONCERT IN AUSTRIA.

NEWS OF THE PLOT LEADING TO THE CANCELLATION OF THIS WEEKEND’S SHOWS.

THERE ARE ALSO NEW DETAILS EMERGING ABOUT TERRORIST MATERIALS FOUND AT THE SECOND SUSPECT’S HOME.

BOTH SUSPECTS POLICE HAVE ARRESTED ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY ISIS.

AUTHORITIES SAY THEY FOUND “ISLAMIC STATE GROUP AND AL QAEDA MATERIAL” AT THE HOME OF THEIR **SECOND SUSPECT –

WHO IS 17 YEARS OLD.

THIS NEWS COMES AFTER OFFICIALS HAD ALREADY DISCOVERED “CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AND TECHNICAL DEVICES” AT THE HOME OF THEIR INITIAL SUSPECT –

WHO IS 19 YEARS OLD.

THEY FOUND COMPUTER EVIDENCE OF THE 19-YEAR-OLD UPLOADING A VIDEO VOWING HIS ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS LEADERS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

ACCORDING TO THE 19 YEAR OLD’S CONFESSION STATEMENT –

HE WANTED TO CARRY OUT AN ATTACK IN THE AREA OUTSIDE THE STADIUM –

“KILLING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE BY USING KNIVES OR HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES.”

AND IN A SCARY DISCOVERY –

AUTHORITIES SAY THE 17 YEAR OLD SUSPECT WAS RECENTLY EMPLOYED BY A COMPANY THAT “PROVIDES SERVICES AT THE VENUE FOR CONCERTS.”

AUSTRIA’S INTERIOR MINISTER CALLING THIS A SERIOUS SITUATION AND A TRAGEDY AVERTED.

EARLIER REPORTS SUGGESTED POLICE WERE STILL LOOKING FOR OTHERS INVOLVED –

BUT AUTHORITIES IN AUSTRIA HAVE SINCE SAID THERE ARE NO OTHER SUSPECTS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.

BOTH TEENS WERE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY.

NEITHER’S NAME WAS RELEASED IN COMPLIANCE WITH AUSTRIA’S PRIVACY LAWS.

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