A 16-year-old who helped to prepare a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year has avoided prison. Mohamed A was given an 18-month suspended sentence under juvenile criminal law in Berlin on Tuesday. The Syrian, who prosecutors say was radicalized by Islamic State (IS) propaganda on the internet, was 14 when he assisted the would-be attacker by translating bomb-making instructions from Arabic and putting him in contact with an IS member. Swift's three sold-out gigs at Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium were called off in August last year after police uncovered the planned attack. The court noted the teenager made a full confession to the charges. According to German privacy laws, at the time of charges being brought, he was only identified as Mohamed A. Under a suspended sentence, convicts must meet certain conditions to avoid serving time in prison. Three other suspects, all teenagers at the time, were also detained by Austrian authorities. An ongoing investigation into the principal suspect, 20-year-old Beran A, revealed he was arrested before the concerts following a tip-off from the CIA, with allegations that the plotters intended to kill numerous concert-goers. Investigators have also linked Beran A to a previous attack planned in Dubai in March 2024, which was rumored to be part of a wider coordinated effort involving multiple IS attacks, although he reportedly had a last-minute change of heart. Swift later expressed her gratitude to authorities for preventing what could have been a tragedy.