{"id":332435,"date":"2026-05-10T17:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=332435"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:48:34","slug":"eurovision-on-high-alert-after-threats-from-isis-and-iran-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/eurovision-on-high-alert-after-threats-from-isis-and-iran-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision on ‘high alert’ after threats from ISIS and Iran | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vienna is on \u2018high alert\u2019 ahead of the opening ceremony of the Eurovision song contest amid fears that it presents a major goal for terrorists.<\/p>\n

A whole bunch of security personnel and sniffer dogs have been deployed to create a hoop of steel across the Austrian capital.<\/p>\n

It’s hosting the competition\u2019s seventieth awards ceremony, which incorporates two semi-finals on Tuesday and Thursday ahead of Saturday\u2019s grand finale.<\/p>\n

A \u2018lockdown phase\u2019 has been enacted around Stadthalle, where the competition is being held.<\/p>\n

Dr Nicolas Stockhammer, a counter-terror expert on the Danube University Krems, claimed that ISIS-inspired terrorists, Iran and its proxies, and \u2018sleeper cells\u2019 posed the best terror threat.<\/p>\n

\u2018This type of a large event takes all essential preparations \u2026 on site immediately, but additionally in stopping any potential terrorist plots,\u201d he told The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u2018This requires international cooperation with intelligence services and law enforcement bodies, which is going on.<\/p>\n

\u2018One major threat is potential attacks in the general public viewing zones which are far more difficult to secure than the stadium site, which might be secured in a greater manner, but additionally, there may be at all times the chance that a terrorist attack might occur.<\/p>\n

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Austrian cops are presenting security measures ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest (Picture: REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Austrian authorities have learnt from the three Taylor Swift concert events that needed to be cancelled in 2024 [because of a terrorism plot by Islamic State followers].\u2019<\/p>\n

The tutorial claimed Austrian police would have had \u2018very serious threat awareness\u2019 after they planned the best way to safely host the competition.<\/p>\n

The \u2018almost definitely\u2019 scenario during which a terror attack happens may include a low-sophistication attack involving a automotive rampage or stabbing spree.<\/p>\n

An attack involving a bomb was a \u2018possibility\u2019 but not as likely, he said.<\/p>\n

The perceived terror threat across Europe has increased amid the continued situation within the Middle East between Iran, its neighbours, and America.<\/p>\n

The Islamic Republic is well versed in using proxies to perform terror attacks abroad, giving it plausible deniability.<\/p>\n

At the identical time, ISIS has been growing in strength to pose an increased security threat to European nations.<\/p>\n

Kuperwasser, a former head of the Research Division on the\u00a0Israel\u00a0Defense Forces\u2019 Intelligence Corps, previously told Metro <\/strong>that the Iranian regime had supporters all over the world.<\/p>\n

He told\u00a0Metro<\/strong>: \u2018The regime has dormant cells that might attempt to perform terror attacks.<\/p>\n

\u2018These cells are across the globe for such an eventuality, they usually are probably working to wake them up now.<\/p>\n

\u2018These attacks and other steps might be geared toward destabilising and charging a price for many who were accountable for what happened to Khamenei.\u2019<\/p>\n

The previous general, who heads the\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0Institute for Strategy and Security, said these dormant cells were in place \u2018in the USA and elsewhere\u2019 where there are dissident Iranian communities.<\/p>\n

These warnings were joined by a German lawmaker who oversees the country\u2019s parliamentary intelligence committee.<\/p>\n

Marc Henrichmann told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung paper: \u2018The Iranian regime has repeatedly demonstrated previously that it carries out its terror beyond its own borders.\u2019<\/p>\n

Get in contact with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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