Police in Brasil say they thwarted a bomb assault deliberate throughout Girl Gaga’s huge live performance that drew over 2 million individuals to Copacabana Seashore in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday evening.
The alleged plot concerned a bunch selling hate speech in opposition to the LGBTQ+ neighborhood. “The suspects had been recruiting members, together with minors, to hold out coordinated assaults utilizing improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails,” police mentioned in an announcement (through Reuters).
The suspected chief of the plot was arrested within the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul for unlawful possession of a firearm, whereas greater than a dozen search and seizure warrants had been carried out throughout the states of Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul, and São Paulo. The operation was reportedly based mostly on a tip from Rio de Janeiro’s state police intelligence, which uncovered digital cells encouraging violent habits amongst youngsters utilizing coded language and extremist symbolism.
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