The Brazilian police announced on Sunday that she thwarted the bomb attack scheduled for the Lady Gaga concert at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Over two million people came to the artist's concert.
Key facts:
- The police thwarted the bomb attack at the Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
- It was the greatest concert in the artist's career.
- A group promoting hate speech among teenagers was to be behind the planned coup.
- People responsible for the planned assassination were to be preferably for fans of the singers and recruit minors to carry out a series of coordinated attacks.
The police from Rio de Janeiro in cooperation with the Brazilian Ministry of Justice thwarted the conspiracy, which was to be able to stand a group promoting hate speech and radicalization of teenagers, including promoting self -harm and content full of violence.
Source: Antonio Laceceda/PAP
Source: Antonio Laceceda/PAP
Series of coordinated attacks
According to the town hall in Rio, on Saturday in the concert of American singer Lady Gaga at Copacabana beach, where the bombing was to take place, 2.1 million people took part. The concert was free, and for the artist herself a record – the largest in her career.
According to the police, the suspects were to recruit concert participants, including minors, who were to conduct coordinated attacks using improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails. People who recruited fans claimed to be members of the world fandom Lady Gagi, known as “Little Monsters”, or “Little Monsters”.
Source: Antonio Laceceda/PAP
The man who was to be the leader of the group was arrested in the southern state of Rio Granda to Sul for illegal possession of firearms. In Rio de Janeiro, a teenager was detained for having child pornography.
The authorities made over a dozen searches and issued orders to take property in Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso, Rio Grande to Sul and Sao Paulo.
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Source: Reuters, Variety
Source of the main photo: Antonio Laceceda/PAP