The lawyer for the alleged mastermind of the terror plot to attack Taylor Swift‘s “Eras” tour shows in Vienna says the story authorities are presenting is garbage, because his client couldn’t pull it off in his wildest dreams.
The 19-year-old Austrian man was arrested last Wednesday — along with two others — and reportedly gave a full confession, but his lawyer claims the alleged plans were “pure fantasies.”
Werner Tomanek told the Austria Press Agency, “He had neither the means nor the possibility and the explosives to carry this out” … adding the allegations against his client were “overacting at its best.”
Authorities searched the 19-year-old’s house and found bomb-making materials and other incriminating evidence. Cops say the plan was to detonate an explosive device at the concert and also to drive a vehicle into the crowd outside the venue.
Authorities also say the alleged terrorists planned to knife people at the concert. There’s a photo circulating showing the 19-year-old brandishing machetes.
Director of State Security and Intelligence Omar Haijawi-Pirchner says the 19-year-old was “clearly radicalized in the direction of the Islamic State” and allegedly boasted to police his goal was to “kill as many people as possible.”
Nearly 200K Swifties were expected to attend the since-canceled shows in Vienna — but instead, the fans consoled each other by flooding the streets to sing T-Swift songs and trade friendship bracelets.
Taylor Swift fans gather in Vienna to sing together after Eras Tour shows were cancelled due to a now-foiled terror plot. pic.twitter.com/p6EhzSRQt1
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No word yet if Taylor will reschedule her Vienna concerts … she kicks off her 5-show stint at London’s Wembley stadium Thursday.