2024年にウィーンで開催予定だったテイラー・スウィフトの「Eras Tour」を標的にしたテロ計画を未然に防いだ件で、ベラン・Aと特定されたオーストリア人の男に対し、5月28日、禁錮15年の判決が言い渡された。
21歳のこの被告は4月に襲撃共謀の罪を認めた一方、その他の容疑については無罪を主張していた。検察側によると、被告はエルンスト・ハッペル・スタジアムの外に集まるファンをナイフや爆弾で襲撃する計画を立てていた。同公演は各夜6万5000人の動員が予想されており、スタジアム周辺には最大で3万人ものファンが集まる可能性があった。AP通信やアルジャジーラの報道によると、被告は中東における別のテロ計画で他者と協力していたほか、ISの爆弾製造手順に従い、機関銃や手榴弾などの違法武器を入手しようとしていた疑いも持たれていた。
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A 21-year-old Austrian man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to planning an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concerts in Vienna nearly two years ago, leading to the cancellation of three sold-out shows. Beran A. faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting membership in a terrorist organization and the Swift plot, but pleaded not guilty to related charges for attacks elsewhere. His trial in Wiener Neustadt, south of Vienna, continues on May 12 alongside co-defendant Arda K.
A 41-year-old Virginia man has been sentenced to over two years in federal prison for making violent threats against President Donald Trump and his family on social media. Valeriy Kouznetsov pleaded guilty to transmitting interstate threats, following a series of posts referencing a prior assassination attempt. The sentencing comes after Kouznetsov's history of similar threats, including a 2020 incident at a Trump hotel.
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A young Swedish man has been charged with planning a contract murder in Cologne, Germany. His trial is scheduled to begin next week, nearly eight months after his arrest last fall.
Matvei Rumiantsev, a 23-year-old Russian man, was sentenced to four years in prison in London for assaulting a woman in an attack witnessed on a video call by Barron Trump. The incident stemmed from jealousy over the woman's friendship with the U.S. president's son, who alerted British police from the United States. Rumiantsev was acquitted of rape and choking but convicted of assault occasioning bodily harm and perverting the course of justice.
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In a mosque in Backnang near Stuttgart, a 25-year-old man injured a 24-year-old with a knife. Police arrested the suspect two hours later in Stuttgart, thanks to a tip from a witness on the S-Bahn. The victim suffered minor thigh injuries and was released from the hospital by evening.
A Tennessee judge sentenced 31-year-old Shaquille Taylor to 38 years in prison for the 2023 fatal shooting of 18-year-old college student Jillian Ludwig. Taylor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated assault after firing a stray bullet that struck Ludwig in the head while she jogged near Belmont University. The case highlighted flaws in the mental health system that Ludwig's family says allowed the tragedy to occur.
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Ceasar Wilson received a sentence exceeding 200 years in prison this week for the 2024 stabbing death of University of Colorado Colorado Springs professor Haleh Abghari.