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Taylor Swift's Vienna concerts cancelled, Austrian Chancellor says tragedy averted
BERLIN - Taylor Swift's three concerts in Vienna this week were cancelled after the government confirmed a planned attack at the stadium, the organiser announced late on Aug 7, and Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer said "a tragedy was prevented". "
"Thanks to the intensive cooperation of our police and the newly established DSN with foreign services, the threat was identified early on, combated and a tragedy prevented," Mr Nehammer said, in a post on social media platform X. DSN is Austria’s Directorate for Security and Intelligence.
"With confirmation from government officials of a planned terrorist attack at Ernst Happel Stadium, we have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety," Barracuda.music said, in a post on Instagram, adding all tickets would be automatically refunded.
Austrian police on Aug 7 detained two people suspected of plotting attacks on concerts, Mr Franz Ruf, director-general for public security, said at a news conference on Aug 7 evening.
