The 19-year-old Austrian man, whose name hasn't been released because of Austrian privacy rules, was arrested last Wednesday 바카라 one of three people who were detained. Hours later, organizers canceled the concerts that Swift was scheduled to play Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Austrian capital's Ernst Happel Stadium. Fans were devastated by the decision.
A lawyer for the main suspect in an alleged plot to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna said Tuesday that authorities' presentation of the case is exaggerated, and his client wouldn't have been able to carry out plans that the attorney described as 바카라fantasies.바카라
The 19-year-old Austrian man, whose name hasn't been released because of Austrian privacy rules, was arrested last Wednesday 바카라 one of three people who were detained. Hours later, organizers canceled the concerts that Swift was scheduled to play Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Austrian capital's Ernst Happel Stadium. Fans were devastated by the decision.
Austrian officials have said that the suspect wanted to carry out an attack outside the stadium, killing as many people as possible using knives or home-made explosives. They say that, during a raid of the suspect's home, investigators found chemical substances and technical devices.
Authorities said last week that the man confessed that he had started planning the attack in July. Defense lawyer Werner Tomanek told the Austria Press Agency that he hasn't yet had access to the case files, but cited a 바카라fragmentary record바카라 of his client's initial questioning to dispute their account of a full confession.
바카라He had neither the means nor the possibility and the explosives to carry this out,바카라 Tomanek said. He added that authorities' allegations against the 19-year-old suspect were 바카라overacting at its best,바카라 and contended that they are 바카라presenting this exaggeratedly바카라 in order to get new surveillance powers.
Tomanek said that his client appeared to have mental problems and described him as 바카라a lone wolf without social contacts.바카라 He said that 바카라the alleged attack plans were pure fantasies.바카라
The lawyer said that, in his first questioning by investigators, his client had admitted 바카라in principle to Islamist tendencies바카라 and conceded that he had sought and found 바카라contact with such people online,바카라 APA reported. He added that the young man did make a pledge of loyalty to the Islamic State group and put it online, but said he deleted it shortly after.
Asked why his client did so, Tomanek replied: 바카라Because he found it cool.바카라 He said the man wanted to imitate poses struck by the assailant in a Nov. 2, 2020, attack in Vienna in which four people were killed and the gunman 바카라 who had a previous conviction for trying to join IS in Syria 바카라 also was killed.
Swift has five concerts at London's Wembley Stadium scheduled starting on Thursday.