A German court on Tuesday convicted the 16-year-old boy accused of helping to plot a terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, Austria, in August 2024.

The teen, a Syrian national identified only as “Mohammad A” due to his young age and privacy laws, was given an 18-month suspended sentence under juvenile criminal law from the Berlin court. The suspect was previously charged with preparing a serious act of violence and supporting a terrorist act of violence abroad.

During the trial, which was closed to the public because of the teen’s age, “Mohammad A” gave a “comprehensive confession,” CBS News reports ; he was previously accused of interpreting bomb-building instructions and translating an Islamic State terrorist group oath of allegiance for the main suspect of the attac

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