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\n\tA 21-year-old Austrian man pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting an ISIS-inspired attack<\/a> on Taylor Swift\u2019s three sold-out Eras Tour shows in Vienna<\/a> in August 2024. <\/p>\n \n\tOn the opening day of his trial in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, the defendant \u2014 identified in court only as Beran A. under the nation\u2019s privacy rules \u2014 also admitted to belonging to a terror cell.\u00a0However, he pleaded not guilty to separate charges tied to planned attacks across the Middle East, according to the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tAustrian police arrested Beran A. on Aug. 7, 2024, one day before Swift was scheduled to play her first show at Vienna\u2019s Ernst Happel Stadium.\u00a0 \u201cMy client has caused a great deal of fear and panic among many people, and he will have to answer for that, no question,\u201d the defendant\u2019s lawyer, Anna Mair reportedly told the court. \u201cBut please try to look beyond the headlines.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tOfficials revealed in 2024 that they had prevented the attack, but Swift\u2019s concerts were were still canceled<\/a>. When Austrian authorities raided Beran A.\u2019s home before the first show, they recovered what prosecutors described in court as a nearly finished bomb. According to the indictment, the defendant prepared for the attack for at least a month, following ISIS instructional videos.<\/p>\n \n\tAuthorities said in 2024 that Beran A.\u2019s aim was to \u201ckill as many people as possible outside the concert venue.\u201d <\/p>\n