Lto American artist Taylor Swift canceled his three concerts at the stadium Ernst Happel from Vienna Following the arrest this Wednesday of Two suspected terrorists who planned to attack during the showthe tour organizers said in a statement.
“Following confirmation by government authorities of a planned terrorist attack at the Ernst Happel Stadium, We have no choice but to cancel all three shows. “planned for everyone’s safety,” explained the Barracuda Music team.
Tickets will be automatically refunded within the next ten business days, the publication said.
The cancellation It is preceded by an anti-terrorist operation carried out today in Austriain which a 19-year-old Austrian citizen was arrested in the town of Ternitzabout 65 kilometers southwest of Vienna, and a Second person arrested in the capital.
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Austrian Federal Chancellor, Karl Nehammerexplained on social media that “the situation surrounding the terrorist attack supposedly planned in Vienna was very serious.”
“We live in a time when violent means are used to attack our Western way of life. Islamist terrorism threatens security and freedom in many Western countries“That is precisely why we will not renounce our values, such as freedom and democracy, but will defend them even more vehemently,” the publication continues.
The investigation is ongoing and more suspects are apparently being sought, Austrian news agency APA reported.
He Director General of Public Security of Austria, Franz Rufreported at a press conference that “specific preparations”, including chemical substances, were found at the detainee’s home in Ternitz for attacks at Swift concerts and other events in the Vienna metropolitan area.
The authorities They reported the radicalization of the young manwho in July swore allegiance to the current leader of the Islamic State (EI), but did not offer further details about the second person arrested in the Austrian capital.
Although during the press conference they announced the deployment of a special operation to guarantee the security of the event, the director of the Vienna State Police, Gerhard Prstlstressed that they remained on alert for terrorist threats.
The Ernst Happel Stadium was to receive some 170,000 visitors from August 8 to 10 to the ‘Eras Tour’, for which tickets were sold out.
In November 2020, Vienna was the target of a terrorist attack that claimed the lives of four people. Last December, authorities arrested four suspects of planning an attack in Vienna. St. Stephen’s CathedralIn the city center.
