Taylor Swift news diary: Lawyer of suspect in concert terror plot claims client was ‘playing with ideas’
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Two teenagers harassed at Taylor Swift concert in Warsaw
A woman reportedly ruined the most special moment in the lives of two teenage girls after calling them “trash”. The two Swifties shared the nine-second clip on TikTok and claimed that they were harassed by an older woman because of their skin color, on the floor of PGE Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw.
She allegedly called them, “You guys are trash. Sorry but you look like trash.”
One of the girls, a 16-year-old named Neriya, said, “Taylor Swift would be very disappointed. I have never been harassed the way I was at the Taylor Swift concert the other night, being a teenage girl and having a group of grown women harass [sic] me and my sister for the only reason being our skin color is an experience I’ll never forget.”
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Hundreds attend funeral of Alice da Silva Aguiar who was fatally attacked at Taylor Swift event
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Alice da Silva Aguiar was one of the three victims of a fatal attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. She died alongside six-year-old Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, on July 29.
On Sunday, August 11, the nine-year-old’s funeral was held in Southport, which was attended by hundreds of people. “You were our perfect dreamchild, everything was perfect from the moment you arrived. A good girl, with strong values and a kind nature, a lover of animals and an environmentalist in the making,” Aguiar’s parents reportedly said.
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Lawyer of suspect in Taylor Swift concert attack plot says he was 'playing with ideas'
The lawyer of a 19-year-old suspect, who was reportedly planning to execute an ISIS-inspired suicide attack at Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna where Taylor Swift was to perform, has defended him.
Lawyer Ina-Christin Stiglitz told Reuters, “It interested him. It was just playing with ideas. He says the bomb wasn't of good enough quality, it wouldn't have worked.”
Swift's three planned concerts, estimated to be attended by thousands of fans, were canceled after Austrian authorities discovered the terror plot. The event's organizer, Barracuda Music, said it had “no choice but to cancel” the shows “for everyone’s safety.”
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Blake Lively calls foiled attack at Taylor Swift’s Vienna concert ‘terrifying’
Blake Lively has shared her views after news of a foiled attack at Taylor Swift’s Vienna concert came out. She said, as per Page Six, “Oh my gosh. I mean, how terrifying. But thank goodness that they are completely on top of that.”
In an emotional response at the London premiere of her new film 'It Ends With Us', Lively expressed her horror and relief that the authorities had managed to prevent the attack.
Three teenage suspects have been taken into custody, as informed by Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, head of Austria's Directorate of State Security and Intelligence. Pirchner said they “wanted to carry out an attack in the area outside the stadium, killing as many people as possible.”
Taylor Swift’s Vienna concert cancellation leaves honeymoon pair ‘devastated’
Beth Garrison-Turner, 26, and her husband Tom, 27, from Cambridge, had planned to enjoy their honeymoon while watching Taylor Swift live at Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. But their plan got ruined after her shows were canceled due to reports of a terror attack.
Garrison-Turner reportedly said, “I completely understand why they canceled, it was the right call, but it doesn't make it any less heartbreaking as we've never seen (Swift) before. We are devastated that we won't get the opportunity to see her, ticket scalpers are selling tickets for thousands each for Wembley and it's just too much for us.”
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