According to a CIA official, the foiled terr orist plot at Taylor Swift’s Vienna concert was meant to kill tens of thousands of people
CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen stated, “They were planning to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans.”
A CIA officer told reporters on Wednesday, August 28, that Taylor Swift’s recent concerts in Vienna were the subject of a foiled terrorist effort that targeted “tens of thousands” of fans.
During the annual Intelligence Summit held earlier this month just outside of Washington, D.C., CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen provided fresh information about the foiled terror plot that resulted
in the cancellation of all three of the 34-year-old pop star’s scheduled Eras Tour concerts in Austria, according to The New York Times and NBC News.”I’m sure many Americans were among the tens of thousands of people they were planning to kill at this concert,”
He said, “The agency and our partners in the intelligence community provided the Austrians with information about what this ISIS-connected group was planning to do, which is why they were able to make those arrests.”
Barracuda Music, the concert promoter, made the announcement on August 7 and stated that they had “no choice but to cancel” the concerts scheduled for August 8, 9, and 10 in order to put everyone’s safety first.
Cohen did not say at the conference on Wednesday how the CIA discovered the purported plot, but the Times noted that the agency had been alerted to terrorist schemes in other nations.Three individuals have been taken into custody, with the primary suspect, an Austrian 19-year-old, being among them.
