A display screen shows a photograph of a person arrested in reference to an Islamist assault plot that brought about the cancellation of the Vienna leg of a tour by American mega-star Taylor Swift.
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A display screen shows a photograph of a person arrested in reference to an Islamist assault plot that brought about the cancellation of the Vienna leg of a tour by American mega-star Taylor Swift.
ROLAND SCHLAGER/APA/AFP through Getty Photos
Three Taylor Swift concert events had been canceled in Austria this week, after authorities foiled deliberate assaults on the venue.
Three younger males are actually in custody, and no less than two of them not too long ago pledged allegiance to the Islamic State — particularly an affiliate group referred to as ISIS-Ok.
This is not the primary time Islamic State-related teams have been tied to assaults in Europe — over 140 individuals had been killed in an assault on a Moscow live performance corridor earlier this 12 months, and an explosion at an Ariana Grande live performance in 2017 killed 22 and injured greater than a thousand.
So – what precisely is ISIS-Ok, and the way ought to we take into consideration their presence in Europe?
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This episode was produced by Michael Levitt. It was edited by Tinbete Ermyas and Courtney Dorning. Our government producer is Sami Yenigun.
