iStockA third teenager has been arrested in connection with a foiled attack on now-cancelled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna.
Austrian interior minister Gerhard Karner said the 18-year-old was taken into custody after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect.
Mr Karner announced the arrest during an unrelated news conference on Friday.
Authorities say the plot appeared to be inspired by the so-called Islamic State group and al-Qaida.
Investigators found bomb-making materials at one of the suspects’ homes.
A suspect has also confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue”, according to authorities.
Three sold-out concerts were cancelled on Wednesday because of the plot, devastating Swifties from across the globe.
Many of them had spent thousands of euro on travel and lodging in Austria’s expensive capital city to attend the Eras Tour shows at the Ernst Happel Stadium.
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