Brazilian police arrest two suspects on the Lady Gaga Gig’s plot Crime news

Police believe that the attackers targeted LGBTQ fans who attended a free party for the American star on the Cobacabana Beach in Rio.

Brazilian police arrested two people in relation to an alleged plot to detonate explosives at the Lady Gaga party in Rio de Janeiro, which attracted more than two million people.

Civil police told Rio de Janeiro on social media on Sunday that they thwarted an attack on a bomb planned by the suspects at the free party, which was held on the famous Kobacabana Beach on Saturday.

Police added that an adult “responsible for the plan” was arrested with a teenager in the “Fake Monster” codification – referring to “Little Monsters”, the star of the star pet for her fans.

She said that the suspects have recruited people online to “launch attacks using improvised explosives” with the aim of “gaining a reputation on social media.” Police, working in coordination with the Ministry of Justice, carried out raids throughout Rio de Janeiro, as well as in the states of Sao Paulo, Rio Grande de Sol, and Matto Grosso.

Felipe Curie, Rio Police Secretary, said on Sunday that the authorities believe that the suspects have sought to target the LGBTQ community in Brazil, where they stated “clearly” that they were planning an attack “out of sexual orientation.”

“The group behind the hate speech publishes the plot and violent online content” to attract more viewers, more participants – most of them teenagers, and many children. “

Moving in the exhibition, which said the Rio City Hall attracted 2.1 million people, was not presented without turmoil, although the Brazilian authorities said they had arrested the suspects in the hours before the event.

A spokeswoman for Lady Gaga said in a statement that the star and her team were not aware of safety concerns “before and during the show”, just learn the threat the next morning.

The statement added: “Its team worked closely with the application of the law throughout the planning and implementation of the ceremony, and all parties were confident in the applicable safety measures.”

Security was narrow at the Saturday party, when 5200 police and police officers were deployed on the beach, where fans in the songs of the pop singer, such as the song born in this way, which became a hymn LGBTQ after its publication for 2011.

The free beach ceremony has emerged at a time of exorbitant tickets for live music around the world.