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Austrian Teen Sentenced for Promoting ISIS Terrorism

7/26/2025

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An Austrian court has handed down a two-year prison sentence to 18-year-old Luca K for terrorism-related offenses. Convicted for disseminating Islamic State propaganda and praising a 2020 attack in Vienna, he was friends with the main suspect in a thwarted Taylor Swift concert plot, yet he had no direct ties to the conspiracy.

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An Austrian court has handed down a two-year prison sentence to 18-year-old Luca K for terrorism-related offenses. Convicted for disseminating Islamic State propaganda and praising a 2020 attack in Vienna, he was friends with the main suspect in a thwarted Taylor Swift concert plot, yet he had no direct ties to the conspiracy.