Brazil police foil bomb plot at Lady Gaga gig on Copacabana beach attended by over 1 million people

Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had arrested two people in relation to a fond plural of the bombing of the packed Mega Curt in Lady Gaga in Rio de Janeiro.

“It prevented a bomb attack that would have occurred at the Lady Gaga party in Cobacabana” on Saturday night.

The officials said the free party, the free star on the beach, its first concert in Brazil since 2012, attracted up to two million people.

In writing on X, Rio police said they arrested an adult who was “responsible for the plot” as well as a teenager in the process of the name “Fake Monster” – referring to the name of the pets in the American pop singer for her fans, “small monsters”.

He said they recruited people online to “carry out attacks using improvised explosives” and Molotov cocktails as a “collective challenge” with the aim of “gaining reputation on social media.”

The police added that the group behind the alleged plot “spreads hate” and strengthened extremism and self -harm online.

Police carried out raids via Rio de Janeiro, as well as in the states of Sao Paulo and Rio Grande de Sol and Matto Grosso.

“The police acted silently and without the creation of panic … we acted surgically to prevent the occurrence of the crime,” Felipe Curie of the Rio de Janeiro police said in a statement.

“Fear patient”

Lady Gaga’s concert was the second million strong show on the Cobacabana Beach in one year after a huge party by Madonna.

The security was narrow, as about 5,000 officers, drones, surveillance cameras and face recognition cameras were deployed.

The 39 -year -old fans’ reaction was to a shock to the frustrated conspiracy news.

“Praise be to God. This would have had an impact on more than 2 million people,” published the Ladygagafanstogetr Instagram account, which contains 307,000 followers.

Writing on the same account said one of the fans that he was “afraid of her illness (Gaga) in safety at all times.”

On Sunday, Lady Gaga thanked her fans in Brazil for social media for “the largest crowd of any woman in history.”

“Your heart shines very light, and your culture is vibrant, especially, and I hope you know how much I grateful to the participation of this historic moment with you,” posted on X, previously Twitter.

The party was part of Rio’s strategy to hold huge parties in May in an attempt to enhance tourism during what is considered the low season.

Throughout the week, Gaga fans flocked to Rio, a city famous for the annual carnival that attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world.

Mayor Eduardo Pais also hinted that he is planning to bring the Irish Rock U2, although no date was given.

Lady Gaga had started her width floating more than two meters (6.5 feet) over the theater in the huge crimson dress that was opened to reveal a vertical cage from which her dancers came out to hand her song “Mary Damwah” for the year 2011.

The pop star, who performed several tracks from her latest album “Mayhem”, in addition to her preferences throughout her career.

This story was originally shown on Fortune.com

2025-05-05 11:27:00