Brazil Police Thwart Bomb Plot at Gaga Concert

Brazilian police foiled a bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga's record-breaking free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, which attracted over 2 million people. The plot, orchestrated by a group spreading hate speech against the LGBTQ community, aimed to gain notoriety on social media by recruiting and radicalizing teenagers online to use Molotov cocktails and improvised explosives. Two people were arrested: the alleged mastermind for illegal weapons possession and a teenager on child pornography charges, with electronic devices seized in multi-state raids. Authorities conducted the operation quietly to prevent public panic, while concert security included about 5,000 officers, drones, and facial recognition cameras. Lady Gaga and her team were not informed of the threat at the time and later praised the fans and security measures. The investigation, called 'Operation Fake Monster,' underscores ongoing concerns about online radicalization and the targeting of large events.