How is the plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert related to ISIS-K?
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🗓️ 9 August 2024
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Summary
Three young men are now in custody, and at least two of them recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State — specifically an affiliate group known as ISIS-K.
This isn't the first time Islamic State-related groups have been tied to attacks in Europe — over 140 people were killed in an attack on a Moscow concert hall earlier this year, and an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017 killed 22 and injured more than a thousand.
So - what exactly is ISIS-K, and how should we think about their presence in Europe?
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| 0:00.0 | Tens of thousands of Taylor Swift fans were devastated Wednesday to learn three concerts in Vienna |
| 0:07.0 | were being cancelled. |
| 0:08.0 | To follow breaking news in our world lead three upcoming Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna, Austria have been cancelled after |
| 0:14.3 | Austrian authorities arrested two suspects. Austrian officials say the main |
| 0:18.1 | suspect is 19 years old. Authorities say they found chemical substances and |
| 0:22.4 | they're working to |
| 0:23.4 | determine if they could have been used to build a bomb. |
| 0:25.8 | They've uncovered what they describe as an ISIS linked terror plot arresting two |
| 0:30.3 | men connected to this and potentially narrowly avoiding a horrific nightmare. |
| 0:35.1 | The narrowly foiled attacks left diehard fans Brittany Driever and Hannah Broughton with a sense |
| 0:40.0 | of deep heartbreak and deep relief. |
| 0:42.3 | We just called our moms and my mom was crying on the phone. |
| 0:45.0 | She was like, I am just so glad that you guys will be safe. |
| 0:50.0 | Heartbreak after traveling more than 5,000 miles to see their idle in concert, |
| 0:55.1 | they might not have another chance. |
| 0:57.2 | We made it happen over a year of planning. |
| 0:59.9 | We can't make it happen again. |
| 1:01.9 | That's just the hard truth. |
| 1:03.6 | And a deep sense of relief that they're safe. |
| 1:08.8 | The attacks planned for the Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna |
| 1:11.7 | sounded like other plots by Islamic state-related groups in recent years. |
| 1:15.4 | It seems to be a preferred method of attack because it doesn't, I guess, take very much to cause tremendous strategy. |
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