Brazilian Police Thwart Bomb Plot Targeting Lady Gaga Concert
Brazilian authorities thwarted a planned bomb attack targeting Lady Gaga’s record-breaking Rio de Janeiro concert, which drew an estimated 2.1 million attendees. The plot involved a hate-speech group radicalizing teenagers online, using coded language and extremist symbolism to recruit participants for coordinated attacks using explosives and Molotov cocktails. A man identified as the group’s leader was arrested, along with a teenager detained on unrelated charges. The successful prevention of the attack highlights the significant security operation surrounding the massive, free concert, which injected an estimated £79.9 million into the local economy.
John Q. Hosedrinker