People participate in Lady Gaga’s open concert in Kopakbana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 3, 2025 | Photo Credit: Tita Barros
Police in Brazil said on Sunday that two people have been arrested for an alleged conspiracy to explode explosive at a free lady Gaga concert at Rio de Janeiro.
Saturday was the biggest show of the Rio event pop star’s career, attracting an estimated 2.5 million fans for Kopakbana Beach and was crowded and dancing together.
Rio Police Secretary Felip Curie said that officials believe the suspects demanded a target of the LGBTQ community of Brazil. “They were clearly saying that they were planning an attack at Lady Gaga’s concert inspired by sexual orientation,” Curie told at a press conference on Sunday.
Rio Police chief Luiz Lima said that the group broadcast hate speech and violent material online, aimed at more audiences, more participants – most of them to attract teenagers, many of them to attract children. ,
People gather to attend the open concert of Lady Gaga in Kopakbana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 May, 2025. Photo Credit: Pillar Olivaras
Even Brazilian officials said that they arrested the suspects in hours before Lady Gaga’s show, the incident proceeded without any disruption, which some people questioned the seriousness of the danger. Serious security concerns usually motivate the organizers to cancel such vast events – as last year with Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna.
Police said that there is nothing about the alleged conspiracy at the time of “avoiding nervousness” and “deformation of information”.
A spokesperson from Lady Gaga said that the pop star and her team learned about this alleged threat through media reports this morning. Before and during the show, there were no known security concerns, nor did Lady Gaga have no communication about any possible risk from police or officials. ,
The statement said: “His team worked closely with the law enforcement during the plan and execution of the concert and all the parties had confidence in safety measures.”
The security at Saturday’s concert was tight, with 5,200 military and police officers deployed on the beach, where fan was revelations in a pop singer’s classic hit like “Born This Way”, which became something of the LGBTQ anthem after the 2011 release.
Lady Gaga performs Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, May 3, 2025 during her free concert at Kopakbana Beach. Photo Credit: Silvia Izquierdo
Officials arrested two people in connection with the alleged conspiracy – one person described a teenager in Rio as a teenager in Rio on allegations of an illegal weapon occupation described as a group leader in the southern state of Rio Grande, and a teenager in Rio on charges of child pornography. The police did not explain about their exact roles in the plot, how the group came to target Lady Gaga’s free concert.
Police said, “The people involved were recruiting the participants, including the participants, who were to fulfill integrated attacks using instantaneous explosives and Molotov cocktails.”
The Ministry of Justice said that it determined that the group introduced “risk for public system”. It said that the group presented themselves online as “small demons”-Lady Gaga’s surname for her fans-to woo Teenrs in “Network with violent and self-destructive materials”.
During a series of raids on 15 suspect houses in several Brazilian states, authorities seized phones and other electronic devices. Although the police said they believe that the bombs of the house were intended for use in the planned attack, but there was no mention of any arms or explosive material changing raids.
Curie said that one of the suspects, whose house was raided in the city of Maca near Rio, was “a religious inspiration” and “the singer (Lady Gaga) was a devilish.”
Lady Gaga has expressed his gratitude for a huge crowd in an Instagram post that has not been said about the alleged conspiracy.
He wrote, “Nothing could be prepared for what I felt during the last night show – which was felt proud and happiness for the people of Brazil.” “The crowd’s vision during my early songs removed my breath. Your heart shines so bright, your culture is so vibrant and special, I hope you know how grateful I am for sharing this historical moment with you.”
Their free beach concert stood out at the time of ticket prices for live music around the world as concert-goers pay budget-busting costs to see their favorite artists. Last month he performed at the Kachela Valley Music Festival in California, where the tickets went above $ 600 for a week.
Rio has done so earlier – in last May, superstar Madonna performed the conclusion for its latest world towers for some 1.6 million fans on the huge sand of Kopakbana Beach.
Published – May 05, 2025 10:36 AM IST
