LISTEN: South African ‘Swiftie' who travelled to Vienna speaks of terror plot
A South African woman who flew to Austria to see Taylor Swift perform says she's thankful and relieved that the police thwarted a planned terror attack in Vienna.
Concert organisers on Wednesday night cancelled the Vienna leg of the singer's tour after authorities uncovered an alleged terror plot.
Two suspects were arrested, including a 19-year-old Islamic State sympathiser.
Chemical substances were found in his flat.
Jeandie Leone, from Johannesburg, arrived in Vienna on Wednesday for a week-long stay.
She says she began hearing reports that the concert's been cancelled when she went out on Wednesday evening.
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"When I came back to my hotel room, I saw on the Facebook groups and the WhatsApp groups that were established for this event that the event was cancelled. My first response was that it might be unconfirmed reports.
"I didn't think much of it until I went to the Facebook page of the organisers, and there they had published an official statement that the three shows were cancelled."
Leone says she was very concerned.
"Coming from a country with a lot of safety concerns, we do take things like that seriously. So, along with the disappointment, there is relief that the plans were foiled in time and that people were arrested.
"But, I think the reason why the concert was ultimately cancelled was that there are allegedly other perpetrators. You would rather not attend a show, even though you are disappointed than be part of a tragedy that could have happened."
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