Austrian man sentenced to 15 years for Swift plot (opens in new tab)

An Austrian court in Wiener Neustadt sentenced 21-year-old Austrian citizen Beran A. to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of charges including terrorism-related offenses tied to a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024. The defendant, identified only by first name and initial under Austrian privacy rules, had admitted to charges connected to the concert plot; he faced a maximum sentence of 20 years. Authorities arrested Beran A. on Aug. 7, 2024, one day befo...