Austria's chancellor praises early detection of planned attack on Taylor Swift concert

Record ID: 1833255

  • Title: Austria's chancellor praises early detection of planned attack on Taylor Swift concert
  • Date: 7th August 2024
  • Summary: PAMPLONA, SPAIN (RECENT - JULY 25 & JULY 28, 2024) (REUTERS) ⁠ ⁠TEODOR ZAJDAR, 8, FROM POLAND, 2X2 WORLD RECORD HOLDER PRACTICING ⁠ ⁠COMPETITORS WARMING UP ⁠ ⁠EUROPEAN CHAMPION 3X3 SPEEDCUBER TYMON KOLASINSKI COMPETING ⁠ ⁠COMPETITOR SOLVES ONE HANDED 3X3 ⁠ ⁠COMPETITORS ON STAGE ⁠ ⁠COMPETITOR SOLVES 3X3 BLIND ⁠ ⁠CROWD SOLVE CUBES WHILE WATCHING ⁠ ⁠(SOUNDBITE) (English)
  • Embargoed: 21st August 2024 23:32
  • Keywords: Austria Taylor Swift Terrorism cancelled security threat
  • Location: INTERNET / VARIOUS LOCATIONS, UNITED STATES
  • City: INTERNET / VARIOUS LOCATIONS, UNITED STATES
  • Country: Austria
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA002529207082024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Taylor Swift's three concerts in Vienna this week were canceled after the government confirmed a planned attack at the stadium, the organizer announced late on Wednesday, and Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer said "a tragedy was prevented."
    "Thanks to the intensive cooperation of our police and the newly established DSN with foreign services, the threat was identified early on, combated and a tragedy prevented," Nehammer said in a post on social media platform X. DSN is Austria's Directorate for Security and Intelligence.
    Three Taylor Swift concerts were scheduled to take place In Vienna from Thursday to Saturday. Police had been expecting around 65,000 attendees at each show, as well as up to 15,000 people outside the stadium without tickets, which fed security concerns.
    The shows were to be part of the record-breaking Eras Tour by the American singer-songwriter which started on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona, U.S., and is set to conclude on Dec. 8, 2024, in Vancouver, Canada.
    After Vienna, Swift was set to sing in London where six concerts are scheduled at Wembley Stadium, starting on Aug. 15.
    (Production: Ivan Romero)
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