Taylor Swift concerts plot suspects ‘hoped to kill as many people as possible’

Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna appear to have been inspired by the IS group and al Qaida, and planned ‘to kill as many people as possible’, Austrian authorities said (Liam McBurney/PA)

Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna appear to have been inspired by the Islamic State (IS) group and al Qaida, Austrian authorities said on Thursday.

Investigators found bomb-making materials at one of the suspect’s homes, and officials said one of the pair confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible outside the concert venue”.