The Brazilian police arrest 2 suspects for alleged conspiracy to bomb Lady Gaga's concert in Rio

Rio de Janeiro (AP) – The police in Brazil said on Sunday that two people were arrested in connection with a suspected conspiracy to detonate a bomb at a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro.

The event was the biggest show of the pop star's career on Saturday, which moved 2 million fans to Copacabana Beach.

The State Police of Rio de Janeiro said that she worked with the Ministry of Justice to disturb an attack that was allegedly planned by a group that had spread Hass speeches against the LGBTQ community. The police said the group tried to radicalize and recruit teenagers to carry out attacks with Molotow cocktails and improvised explosives.

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“The plan was dealt with as a” collective challenge “with the aim of gaining awareness on social media,” said the police.

The authorities said they had arrested two people in connection with the planned attack – the alleged leader of the group for illegal gun owners indictment in the southern state of Rio Grande Do Sul and a teenager for child pornography in Rio.

The authorities said that the police had searched the locations of 15 suspects in several states in Brazil and seized confiscated telephones and other electronic devices.

Lady Gaga's publicist and concert sponsor did not immediately answer a request for comments.

The Ministry of Justice said that members of the group were wrongly presenting themselves online as a “little monster” lady gagas nickname for their fans to reach teenagers and to attract them to “networks with violent and self-destructive content”.

The police said that she carried out the operation quietly on Saturday to “avoid panic or information from the population”. The Ministry said there was no effect on the participants of the free concert.