Brazilian police said they foiled the bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga’s concert on Copacabana Rio de Janeiro beach which pulled around 2.1 million people.
The plot is regulated by groups that promote adolescent speech and radicalization, including content that hurt themselves and violence as a form of social ownership, according to Civil Police Rio de Janeiro, who works in coordinating with the Ministry of Justice.
“The suspects recruited participants, including minors, to carry out coordinated attacks using improvisation explosives and Molotov cocktails,” the troop said.
The Ministry of Justice said the recruiters identified themselves as fans of Gaga, known as “small monsters”.
It is said that Operation Fake Monster is based on reports by the Cyber Ministry of Operations Laboratory after receiving information from Rio State Police Intelligence, which reveals digital cells that encourage violent behavior among adolescents using extremist code of code and symbolism.
The authorities carry out more than a dozen search and confiscation warrant, and a man described as the leader of the group was arrested in the southern state of Rio Grande Do Sul because of the ownership of firearms illegally, and a teenager was detained in Rio de Janeiro for storing images of child harassment.
In a statement, spokesman Lady Gaga said: “We learned about this alleged threat through this morning media report.
“Before and during the show, there were no known safety problems, or any communication from the police or the authorities to Lady Gaga regarding potential risks.
“His team worked closely with law enforcement during the concert planning and implementation and all parties confident in the applicable safety steps.”
Gaga Besar once shown
Around 500,000 tourists travel to watch a concert, which is paid by the city in an effort to improve the struggle economy.
Show two hours Saturday night, which is marked Gaga The biggest, marking him the first time he played Brazil Since 2012, after canceling the appearance at the Rio In Rio Festival in 2017 due to health problems.
Gaga, who released his seventh studio album, Mayhem, in March, opened with a dramatic Opera edition of his 2011 Bloody Mary song, before being launched to Abracadabra, a new song.
“Brazil! I miss you. I miss you so much,” he exclaimed, before launching the face of Poker, one of his big hits.
American pop star draws on A The crowd is similar to Madonna in May last yearwho appeared on the same beach, which was changed to a very large dance floor for the show.
Speaking to many people in English and through Portuguese translators, Gaga became emotional when he said: “I feel honored to be here with you tonight.
“Tonight we make history, but nothing makes history alone. Without all of you, extraordinary people in Brazil, I will not have this moment. Thank you for making history with me.
“Brazilian people are the reason I can shine today. But of all the things I can thank you, what I am most grateful for is this: that you are waiting for me. You are waiting for more than 10 years for me.”
He said it took a long time to return because he was “healing” and “getting stronger”. The sensation of pop cancels many of his events in 2017 and 2018 because of him Fibromyalgia conditionwhich can cause pain and fatigue.
It is estimated that the Gaga show will inject around 600 million reais (£ 79.9 million) into the economy, almost 30% more than Madonna’s performance.
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Large -scale -free performances will continue every year until at least 2028, always happening in May, which is considered a “low season” of the economy, according to the city government.
A strong security plan already exists, including the presence of 3,300 military and 1,500 police officers, along with 400 military firefighters.
‘Dreams come true’
The city has been put forward with Gaga fans since his arrival on Tuesday, with some even stayed guard outside the hotel he had lived in.
Many arrived at the beach at dawn on Saturday to secure good places on the beach, even though the show did not start until 9.45 noon.
Ana Lara Folador, who attended her sister, said it was a “dream that came true”, and that Gaga had “really formed a part of my personality, as a person and an artist”.
Ingrid Serrano, a 30-year-old engineer who traveled a continent from Colombia to Brazil to attend the show, appeared in a t-shirt that featured a strange costume for Lady Gaga for years.
“I have been a 100% fan of Lady Gaga throughout my life,” he said, adding that the 39-year-old megastar representing “Freedom of Total Expression-Turning to Want Without Shame”.
Matheus Silvestroni, 25, a high-dream DJ and Gaga fans since the age of 12, experienced an eight-hour bus trip from Sao Paulo for the show.
He said it was Gaga who had inspired him to embrace his sexuality and pursue his dream of becoming an artist.
“I was intimidated because I was a fat gay child, so I was an easy target,” he said. “Gaga is very important because he sent a message that everything was fine with me, I was not a weird person, because I was ‘born like this’.”
Rio is known for holding a massive open concert, with Rod Stewart holding Guinness’s world record for the four million crowds he pulled to Copacabana Beach in 1994.