
Plot to attack Taylor Swift's Vienna shows was intended to kill thousands, a CIA official says
Associated PressBERLIN — The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the agency’s deputy director said. “They were plotting to kill a huge number — tens of thousands of people at this concert, including I am sure many Americans — and were quite advanced in this,” Cohen said Wednesday. “The Austrians were able to make those arrests because the agency and our partners in the intelligence community provided them information about what this ISIS-connected group was planning to do.” AP AUDIO: The plot to attack Taylor Swift’s Vienna shows was intended to kill thousands, a CIA official says U.S. intelligence is sharing more details about this month’s foiled terrorist plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, Austria. “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows.” She thanked authorities — “thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives,” she wrote — and said she waited to speak until the European leg of her Eras Tour concluded to prioritize safety.
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