Share
4th May 2025
04:18pm BST
Lady Gaga's Rio de Janeiro gig was reportedly targeted by an extremist group known as 'Little Monsters'.
Via Sky News, it's been revealed that Brazilian police foiled a planned bomb attack at Copacabana Beach yesterday (May 3), where an estimated 2.1 million music lovers gathered to watch the singer perform.
Its architects were a load of hate speech and teenage radicalisation promoters, as the Civil Police of Rio revealed: "The suspects were recruiting participants, including minors, to carry out coordinated attacks using improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails."
'Operation Fake Monster' was based on a report put together by the justice ministry's cyber operations team following a tip-off from police intel, which had found digital cells propagating violence among teens through codes and symbols.
Local authorities carried out various search and seizure warrants; arresting the group's supposed leader in Rio Grande do Sul on grounds of illegal possession of a firearm, as well as the detainment of a teen in Rio de Janeiro over child pornography storage.
Meanwhile, Gaga's concert was paid for by Brazil's second-most populous city in an attempt to boost its floundering economy.
It's said that her two-hour spectacle will have injected close to £80m into the economy.
"I'm so honoured to be here with you tonight," the 39-year-old told the massive crowd.
"Tonight we're making history, but no one makes history alone. Without all of you, the incredible people of Brazil, I wouldn't have this moment. Thank you for making history with me.
"The people of Brazil are the reason I get to shine today. But of all the things I can thank you for, the one I most am grateful for is this: that you waited for me. You waited more than 10 years for me."
