American who made social media threats against Taylor Swift detained ahead of German concert

BERLIN (AP) — Police say an American man who made threats against Taylor Swift on social media was detained ahead of her first concert in the German city of Gelsenkirchen and will be kept in custody until her shows there are over. Local police said Thursday that the suspected stalker, a 34-year-old whose name wasn’t released, had a ticket to Swift’s concert at Gelsenkirchen’s Veltins-Arena on Wednesday. They said that, because an initial investigation couldn’t entirely rule out a risk, he was detained during entry checks to the event. Police said the man had made threats against Swift and her partner on social media. They said he had been detained following tips from organizers of the event.