"Leaved his job, grew a beard"/ Neighbors of the Albanian who planned the attack on Taylor Swift's concert speak

2024-08-09 22:54:10 / AKTUALITET ALFA PRESS

"Leaved his job, grew a beard"/ Neighbors of the Albanian who planned
"I would never have thought that about him, he always welcomed me," said a neighbor shocked by the police raid on the home of the main suspect in the preparation of the terrorist attack in Vienna, Beran Aliji. She added that the nature and appearance of the boy had recently changed: "He grew a beard, quit his job and often traveled to Vienna."

Austrian media are publishing terrifying details about the planning of the terrorist attack on Taylor Swift's concert. Beran Aliji had made a bomb at his home in Ternitz, southern Austria, and according to police, as part of the preparations, he had fitted his car with blue police lights to make it easier to enter the stadium area.

The "Heute" portal writes that a 17-year-old boy, allegedly from Bosnia and Herzegovina, was involved in the terrorist plans. ISIS and Al-Qaeda materials were found during his arrest, but he denies the charges.

On Wednesday morning, the special unit "Cobra" entered the house of Beran Aliji, where he lived with his parents, who were on vacation at that time.

The first results of the Austrian police investigation show that Aliji planned to drive his black Volkswagen into the crowd of thousands of Taylor Swift fans, then attack them with a machete and finally detonate the bomb.

In the house of the suspect's parents, in addition to the fake police identification and 21,000 euros in counterfeit money, machete, knives and functional explosives, including detonators, were found in the house of the suspect's parents.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Macedonia today stated that they are working and acting on the basis of the request of the Austrian authorities on the specific case and the main suspect, Beran Aliji, whose family comes from Gostivar, North Macedonia.

In addition to the 19-year-old Aliji, the Austrian authorities have stated that 3 other people have been arrested for the same case. The last detainee is a minor from Iraq.