Three scheduled concerts Taylor Swift in Vienna were canceled after a possible security threat, the BBC reports.
The performances were supposed to take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the "Ernst Happel" stadium.
Two people were arrested on suspicion of planning terrorist attack to major events in the area around the capital of Austria.
"The concerts have been canceled due to confirmation by government officials of a planned terrorist attack." "We have no choice but to cancel the three planned concerts for everyone's safety," the organizers said in a statement.
They added that "all tickets will be automatically refunded within the next 10 working days."
Earlier, the Guardian reported that two people had been arrested in connection with the potential attack.
The police announced that the first person is a 19-year-old Austrian citizen, and that the second person was arrested in Vienna, but no further details about the suspects were released.
The head of the Viennese police said that 65.000 people were expected to visit the concerts per day, as well as 22.000 fans in front of the stadium.
Macedonian portal: The suspect for the planned attacks is a teenager from Gostivar
The teenager Beran Aliji, originally from Gostivar in North Macedonia, is the main suspect for the planned attacks on the concerts of the American singer Taylor Swift in Vienna, the Macedonian portal "360 degrees" announced.
The portal adds that it checked this information in three independent sources that have access to confidential documents. That 19-year-old was arrested yesterday in Ternica and, as reported, is a citizen of Austria, originally from North Macedonia.
In addition to him, two others were arrested, one is 17 years old, and the other is a 15-year-old.
At today's press conference, Austria's Director General of Public Security Franz Ruff, Minister of the Interior Gerhard Karner and Director of the State Security and Intelligence Directorate Omar Haijavi-Pirchner said that the first suspect intended to carry out an attack with explosives and cold weapons.
"His goal was to kill himself and several other people," Haijavi-Pirhner said, according to the Austrian daily "Presse" (Die Presse). According to the investigation, he did not have a ticket for the Taylor Swift concerts, but he did not need one, because he was planning a massacre in front of the stadium when the crowd gathered there.
"His plan was to kill people outside the stadium as well," said the head of Austria's State Security and Intelligence Administration.
According to the Director General of Public Security, the 19-year-old suspect quit his job on July 25, saying he had big plans, changed his appearance and adapted it "to the rules of the 'Islamic State'".
The director of the Directorate for State Security and Intelligence Affairs said that the tip about the plans of the first suspect, a 19-year-old from North Macedonia, came from a foreign secret service. Haijavi-Pirhner added that the first suspect openly and clearly stated his views on the "Islamic State" and that he followed and forwarded content related to that terrorist organization to others.
