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Gavin Grey: UK correspondent says there's major security concerns for Taylor Swift London shows after Austria · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Devin Gray, who's our UK correspondent. You would have seen
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  Speaker 1: the threats of a TIRA at tech in Vienna scuttled
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  Speaker 1: or canceled the Taylor Swift concerts, but they're going ahead
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  Speaker 1: in London. Are people worried there, Gevin?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there is an element of concern. Good morning to you,
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  Speaker 2: I Ryan. We're also finding out more details now about
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  Speaker 2: those arrests in Vienna. Let's start in London. Taylor Swift
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  Speaker 2: doing five nights at Wembley starting on Thursday this week,
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  Speaker 2: and therefore a major major security concern, particularly following those
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  Speaker 2: three concerts counseled in Vienna with one hundred and ninety
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  Speaker 2: five thousand fans left disappointed. We now know that actually
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  Speaker 2: not one, but three people have been arrested in Austria.
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  Speaker 2: There was the original arrest that we were reporting on
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  Speaker 2: a nineteen year old who had stolen chemicals it's reported
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  Speaker 2: from his former workplace, had left work, was telling people
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  Speaker 2: that he was going to do something big. It was discovered,
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  Speaker 2: but it'd sworn allegiance to Islamic State and was intending
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  Speaker 2: it's alleged to drive a crowd into a large number
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  Speaker 2: of people outside with some sort of a chemical attack
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  Speaker 2: or an explosion and also a knife attack. Then we
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  Speaker 2: learned two other suspects have been arrested, both again in
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  Speaker 2: their teenagers, both alleged to have pleased allegiance to Islamic State,
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  Speaker 2: and so naturally, as you can imagine, yeah, high alert
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  Speaker 2: here in London as those teenagers are being questioned in Austria.
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  Speaker 1: Kevin, thank you for that.
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