During a raid of his home south of Vienna, investigators found chemical substances and technical devices that indicated “concrete preparatory acts,” for an attack.
VIENNA, Austria — Austrian security officials said Thursday that the main suspect of the two arrested in a foiled plot to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna fully confessed to his plans to “kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue.”
Officials told reporters at a press conference in the Austrian capital that they found ties to the Islamic State group, and when the 19-year-old began working on his attack plans in July, he quit his regular job and “conspicuously changed his appearance and adapted to IS propaganda.”
The head of the Directorate of State Security and Intelligence, Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, said the 19-year-old wanted to use knives or self-made explosives outside the Ernst Happel Stadium to kill as many people as possible.
He was “clearly radicalized in …