Experts consulted by ‘Euronews’ assure that the attempted attack at Taylor Swift’s concerts responds to a new pattern motivated by the Islamic State group in Europe.
The terrorist threat in Europe has increased. The attempted attempted attack at the concerts of Taylor Swift in Vienna, Austria, is proof of the Islamic State’s new modus operandi.
The terrorist group recruits young people through the Internet to lead them to radicalization that ends turning them into terrorists. They do not even care about losing their lives, since the investigation of this case indicates that they were planning a suicide attack.
“It is part of a broader pattern that has developed very rapidly over the last ten months, but which has hardly been reported. In the last ten months, we have had six successful attacks carried out by jihadists in Europe,” Terrorism expert Peter Numann tells this medium.
“There have been 21 foiled attempts. So a total of 27 attacks carried out or planned in Europa Occidental. It is more than quadruple than in 2022,” she adds.
Mouss Al Hassan He is the founder of the de-saridicalization NGO DERAD. In response to ‘Euronews’ he assures that this pattern is “very dangerous, because they tell them that Your duty is not only to be convinced of these thingsbut also translate them into actions.
Potential killers
“They ask them to attack people, to wage war. This means that anyone who is radicalized and comes from these different ideological movements is also a potential murderer“he adds.
a third teenager has been arrested in relation to the foiled attack against Taylor Swift’s already canceled concerts in Vienna, according to the country’s Interior Minister, Gerhard Karner.
Karner announced this Friday that An 18-year-old man was arrested on Thursday at night for allegedly being in contact with the main suspect. The arrest in the Austrian capital It was announced during a press conference unrelated to the case.
Who are those arrested for planning an attack at the Taylor Swift concert?
After stopping on Tuesday 19 year old main suspect and another 17 for his participation in the terrorist plotthe authorities have explained that They were not looking for any more suspects..
Authorities believe the plan, which has caused three sold-out concerts to be cancelled, was led by the Islamic State group and Al Qaeda.
“Kill the greatest number of people”
The researchers discovered material for making bombs at the home of one of the suspects, and one of them would have confessed that he planned “kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue.”
However, security experts consulted by ‘Euronews’ warn that this incident far from isolated and highlights a growing and deeply worrying trend throughout Europe.
