The police in Brazil arrested two suspects for Lady Gaga Gig Bomb | Crime messages

The police believe that attackers aim at LGBTQ fans who took part in the free concert of American Star at the Copacabana Beach of Rio.

The Brazilian police arrested two people in connection with a alleged conspiracy to detonate explosives at a Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, which drew more than two million people.

The Rio de Janeiro civil police said on Sunday on social media that it had thwarted a bomb attack that was planned by the suspects for the free concert at the famous Copacabana Beach on Saturday.

The police added that an adult who is responsible for the plan had been arrested together with a teenager in a “fake monster” operation – an indication of “Little Monsters”, the star name of the star for her fans.

The suspects would have recruited people online to “carry out attacks with improvised explosives” in order to “acquire awareness on social media”. The police, who worked in coordination with the Ministry of Justice, carried out raids in the state of Rio de Janeiro and the Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso.

Felipe Cury, secretary of the Rio police, said on Sunday that the authorities believed that the suspects tried to address the LGBTQ community of Brazil because they “clearly” explained that they would plan an attack that is “motivated by sexual orientation”.

Rio's police chief, Luiz Lima, said the group behind the plot had spread hate speech and violent content online, “to attract more spectators, more participants – most teenagers, many of them”.

The show, in which Rio City Hall said, pulled 2.1 million people without disturbance, although the Brazilian authorities provided for suspect in the hours before the event.

A Lady Gaga spokesman said in a statement that the star and her team were not aware of the security concerns “before and during the show” and that the next morning only had learned something about the threat.

The explanation added: “Your team worked closely with the law enforcement authorities throughout the planning and execution of the concert and all parties were confident in the existing security measures.”

Security was tight on Saturday at the concert on Saturday. 5,200 military and police officers stopped on the beach, where the fans in the classic hits of the pop singer like The Song Born This Way, which became a LGBTQ anthem after its publication from 2011, indulged.

The free beach concert stood out in a time exorbitant ticket prices for live music around the world.