The police in Brazil stated on Sunday that they’d foiled a plot to detonate explosives at a Girl Gaga live performance in Rio de Janeiro, an occasion that, by some estimates, drew greater than two million individuals.
Rio de Janeiro’s civil police made the announcement a day after Girl Gaga’s free live performance on Copacabana Seaside. The present proceeded with out disruption, and a consultant for the pop star later told The Associated Press that she had discovered concerning the menace from information media studies.
The police stated the group behind the foiled plot had been recruiting would-be members, together with youngsters, to hold out assaults with improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails. It stated the group’s targets included youngsters, adolescents and members of the L.G.B.T.Q. group.
The group’s chief was arrested within the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul for unlawful possession of a firearm, and a teen was arrested for storing baby pornography, the police stated within the announcement. It was not instantly clear if both particular person had been charged.
Representatives for Girl Gaga, a vocal supporter of L.G.B.T.Q. rights, didn’t reply to an inquiry on Sunday evening.
Her present over the weekend was a part of Rio de Janeiro’s technique of attracting main acts to play huge free live shows on Copacabana Seaside. Madonna played one last year.
Jack Nicas contributed reporting.
