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 said was radicalised 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 connecting him with an IS member. Swift's three sold-out gigs at Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium were called off in August last year after the planned attack was uncovered by police. The court noted that the teenager made a full confession to the charges. According to German privacy laws, he was only identified as Mohamed A at the time charges were brought. Under a suspended sentence, convicts need to meet certain conditions to avoid being sent to prison. Three other suspects, all of whom were teenagers at the time, have also been detained by Austrian authorities over the planned attack. The main suspect, Beran A, a 20-year-old Austrian, is currently in custody after being arrested before the concerts, thanks to a tip-off from the CIA. The U.S. intelligence service reported that the plotters planned to kill numerous concert-goers. Investigators allege that Beran A had plans for an earlier attack in Dubai in March 2024, suggesting a wider coordinated strategy involving IS attacks. In August last year, Swift expressed her gratitude for the authorities' intervention, stating that she felt gratitude knowing they were mourning canceled concerts, not lives.