A lawyer for the main suspect in to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna said Tuesday that authoritiesB次元官网网址� presentation of the case is exaggerated, and his client wouldnB次元官网网址檛 have been able to carry out plans that the attorney described as B次元官网网址渇antasies.B次元官网网址�

The 19-year-old Austrian man, whose name hasnB次元官网网址檛 been released because of Austrian privacy rules, was arrested last Wednesday B次元官网网址� one of three people who were detained. Hours later, organizers that Swift was scheduled to play Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Austrian capitalB次元官网网址檚 Ernst Happel Stadium. Fans by the decision.

Austrian officials have said that the suspect wanted to carry out an attack outside the stadium, killing as many people as possible using knives or home-made explosives. They say that, during a raid of the suspectB次元官网网址檚 home, investigators found chemical substances and technical devices.

Authorities said last week that the man confessed that he had started in July. Defense lawyer Werner Tomanek told the Austria Press Agency that he hasnB次元官网网址檛 yet had access to the case files, but cited a B次元官网网址渇ragmentary recordB次元官网网址� of his clientB次元官网网址檚 initial questioning to dispute their account of a full confession.

B次元官网网址淗e had neither the means nor the possibility and the explosives to carry this out,B次元官网网址� Tomanek said. He added that authoritiesB次元官网网址� allegations against the 19-year-old suspect were B次元官网网址渙veracting at its best,B次元官网网址� and contended that they are B次元官网网址減resenting this exaggeratedlyB次元官网网址� in order to get new surveillance powers.

Tomanek said that his client appeared to have mental problems and described him as B次元官网网址渁 lone wolf without social contacts.B次元官网网址� He said that B次元官网网址渢he alleged attack plans were pure fantasies.B次元官网网址�

The lawyer said that, in his first questioning by investigators, his client had admitted B次元官网网址渋n principle to Islamist tendenciesB次元官网网址� and conceded that he had sought and found B次元官网网址渃ontact with such people online,B次元官网网址� APA reported. He added that the young man did make a pledge of loyalty to the Islamic State group and put it online, but said he deleted it shortly after.

Asked why his client did so, Tomanek replied: B次元官网网址淏ecause he found it cool.B次元官网网址� He said the man wanted to imitate poses struck by in a Nov. 2, 2020, attack in Vienna in which four people were killed and the gunman B次元官网网址� who had a previous conviction for trying to join IS in Syria B次元官网网址� also was killed.

Swift has five concerts at LondonB次元官网网址檚 Wembley Stadium scheduled starting on Thursday.

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