Brazilian police thwarted bombing on Lady Gaga concert

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Brasilianische Polizei hat einen Bombenanschlag auf das Konzert von Lady Gaga in Rio de Janeiro verhindert. Der Plan sollte von einer Gruppe mit radikalen Ideologien stammen.
Brazilian police prevented a bomb attack on Lady Gaga's concert in Rio de Janeiro. The plan should come from a group with radical ideologies. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

The Brazilian police called a planned bomb attack on the historical concert by Lady Gaga on Sunday, which moved over 2 million people to Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.

Details on the planned attack

The civil police of the state of Rio de Janeiro, who worked in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, announced that the attack plan was initiated by a group, propagated the hate speech and radicalized young people. It was about self -harm and violent content as a form of social affiliation.

number of visitors and safety efforts

According to the city administration of Rio de Janeiro, 2.1 million people visited the concert of the American pop icon. The police said: "The suspects recruited participants, including a minor to carry out coordinated attacks with improvised explosives and Molotow cocktails."

recruitment by fan groups

The Ministry of Justice reported that the recruiters described themselves as members of Gaga's global fan base, known as the "Little Monsters". The operation was based on a report by the ministry's cyber surgical laboratory, which, according to a reference from the police of Rio de Janeiro, discovered digital groups, which promoted violent behavior among young people with the help of coded language and extremist symbols.

arrests and searches

A man who was described as the leader of the group was arrested in the southern state of Rio Grande Do Sul for illegal gun ownership. A teenager in Rio de Janeiro was detained because of the storage of child pornography. The authorities carried out more than a dozen search and confiscation in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo.