The CIA has revealed more chilling details about the terror plot that prompted Taylor Swift to cancel her shows in Austria.
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The deputy director of the CIA confirmed that the intention behind the terrorist plot planned for one of the 34-year-old singer's shows in Vienna was to kill thousands of people.
At the Intelligence and National Security Summit, David S. Cohen delved into details given to the CIA by the Austrian authorities, stating that “a huge number” of people would have likely been injured if the plan had been carried out.
"They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans,” Cohen said in a video on CSPAN per the New York Post.
“The Austrians were able to make those arrests because the agency and our partners in the intelligence community provided them information about what this ISIS-connected group was planning to do," he added.
It comes shortly after a 17-year-old male and a 19-year-old male were arrested in connection with the potential attack on Swift’s Vienna shows which were supposed to be between August 8-10 at Ernst Happel Stadium before they were canceled.
An 18-year-old male was also arrested the following day.
Bomb-making materials were also found in at least one of the teens’ homes, as well as ISIS and Al Qaeda-related materials.
Swift later spoke out about the cancellations when writing a post on Instagram after the final date in the European leg of her Eras Tour.
“Walking onstage in London was a rollercoaster of emotions,” Swift wrote earlier this month. “Having our Vienna shows canceled was devastating. The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows. But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives."
She continued: "I was heartened by the love and unity I saw in the fans who banded together. I decided that all of my energy had to go toward helping to protect the nearly half a million people I had coming to see the shows in London.
She then went on to state that she, her team, and other security personnel worked together to make sure the rest of her shows were safe for her fans to attend.
"My team and I worked hand in hand with stadium staff and British authorities every day in pursuit of that goal, and I want to thank them for everything they did for us," she wrote in the post. "Let me be very clear: I am not going to speak about something publicly if I think doing so might provoke those who would want to harm the fans who come to my shows.
“In cases like this one, ‘silence’ is actually showing restraint, and waiting to express yourself at a time when it’s right to. My priority was finishing our European tour safely, and it is with great relief that I can say we did that,” the Grammy-Award-winning singer added.
Due to Austrian privacy laws, the names of the suspects have not been released as the investigation continues.
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