As Taylor Swift fans gathered in Vienna holding impromptu concerts.
In the streets instead of the stadium that was set
to hold 65,000 people,
one of the targets of an alleged terror plot.
Authorities releasing this chilling picture of the 19 year old
Austrian,
who they say swore allegiance to ISIS just weeks ago,
quitting his job July 25th,
allegedly saying he had big plans in his home 50
miles from Vienna.
They say they found knives,
a machete, chemicals to make a bomb and detonators along
with blue emergency police lights for a car.
They say he fully confessed and planned to run into
the crowd,
attack fans and later detonate the bomb.
Police also arrested a 17 year old who authorities say
had recently been hired to provide services at the concert
venue,
are questioning a 15 year old and overnight arrested another
man,
an 18 year old Iraqi citizen.
A senior U.S. law enforcement official told NBC News the
US was first to tip off the Austrians about the
alleged plot.
Obviously, the safety and security of Americans overseas is our
number one priority.
Concerts have increasingly become soft targets,
with past attacks at the Bottom Clan in Paris in
2015 and in 2017,
a bomb outside an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester and
the shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas
months later,
the deadliest mass shooting in U.S.
history. In March of this year,
more than 140 people were killed when gunmen opened fire
at a concert in Moscow.
In response to the threat,
all three of Swift's sold out Vienna concerts were cancelled.
But moments of hope after the scare as crowds gathered
and a sweet young fan trading friendship bracelets among at
least 200,000 Swifties in Vienna.
Even if they tried to destroy our Taylor Swift spirit,
they really can't.
Austrian officials say they continue to investigate this alleged plot,
but they say the suspects were not targeting were targeting
any large concert venue,
including. Taylor Swift here in London,
officials say that they are continually assessing all relevant intelligence,
but see no threat to Taylor Swift's concert set to
kick off next Thursday.
5 sold out concerts here at Wembley Stadium,
Chanel. A lot of folks looking forward to that.
All right, Kelly, thank you.