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The 16-year-old boy, charged with preparing a serious act of violence, was given an 18-month suspended sentence under juvenile criminal law by a German court<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tA German court on Tuesday convicted the 16-year-old boy accused of helping to plot a terror attack at a Taylor Swift<\/a> concert in Vienna, Austria, in August 2024.<\/p>\n \n\tThe teen, a Syrian national identified only as \u201cMohammad A\u201d due to his young age and privacy laws, was given an 18-month suspended sentence under juvenile criminal law from the Berlin court. The suspect was previously charged<\/a> with preparing a serious act of violence and supporting a terrorist act of violence abroad.<\/p>\n \n\tDuring the trial, which was closed to the public because of the teen\u2019s age, \u201cMohammad A\u201d gave a \u201ccomprehensive confession,\u201d CBS News reports<\/a>; he was previously accused of interpreting bomb-building instructions and translating an Islamic State terrorist group oath of allegiance for the main suspect of the attack plot, a then-19-year-old Austrian citizen who was also arrested on terrorism charges.<\/p>\n \n\tAustrian officials said that the suspects\u2019 aim was to \u201ckill as many people as possible outside the concert venue.\u201d The main suspect allegedly stole chemicals from his workplace to build a bomb, and also planned to drive his vehicle into the crowd congregated outside the stadium while armed with knives and machetes.<\/p>\n \n\tA third suspect, a 17-year-old boy, was arrested by police near the Vienna stadium where Swift was set to perform; authorities said that the suspect \u2014 who also had ISIS and Al Qaeda material at his home \u2014 was employed by a company that provided unspecified services to concerts at the Ernst Happel Stadium.<\/p>\n