Thousands of people were on target at Taylor's Vienna concert: CIA official reveals shocking details

The news of the terror plot at Taylor Swift's Vienna sent shockwaves around the globe. As per the recent information revealed, it has been learned that “tens of thousands” of fans were the target of the foiled terrorist attempt at Vienna shows.

On Aug 28, CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen shared that the agency had provided information about four people connected to the Islamic State. At the annual Intelligence Summit just outside WashingtonDC,Cohenshared an update on the investigation into the planned terrorist, which led to the cancelling of all the shows in Austria’s capital.

“They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans,” Cohen said, as perThe New York Times report.

“The Austrians were able to make those arrests because the agency and our partners in the intelligence community provided them information about what this ISIS-connected group was planning to do,” he added.

Beginning onAug 8 at the Ernst Happel Stadium, Swift's three back-to-back shows were planned in the European city, which were cancelled following America's intelligence agencies' inputs to Austria's security official. Around 200,000 people were expected to attend.

As of now, three people have been arrested, including a 19-year-old Austrian, a primary suspect who "intended to carry out an attack using explosives and knives". Later, a 17-year-old Austrian and an 18-year-old Iraqi were arrested. Apart from this, not many details about the alleged Islamic State sympathisers havebeen released.

On Aug 9, the United States confirmed that they had provided intelligence to Austria that helped foil an alleged Islamic State plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert.

Breaking her silence on the foiled terrorist attack, Swift said in a statement shared on social medialast week that she felt guilty for cancelling the shows. However, she thanked the authorities that all are, ''grieving concerts and not lives.”

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“The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows. But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives,” she wrote.