More than 2.1 million people attended a free concert held by Laga Gaga at Rio de Janeiro’s famous Copacabana Beach. Two suspects were arrested in raids carried out across four different states.

Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had foiled a bomb plot against a packed Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro a day earlier.

Two people were arrested in raids carried out across several states.

“The suspects were recruiting participants, including minors, to carry out coordinated attacks using improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails,” the police said in a statement.

“The plan was treated as a ‘collective challenge’ with the aim of gaining notoriety on social media,” police added.

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    3 hours ago

    I asked myself, for a moment or two, what a “foil bomb” is. And why would the police do that to Gaga, or to a farm plot at her concert?

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    “The plan was treated as a ‘collective challenge’ with the aim of gaining notoriety on social media,” police added.

    I think these tiktok challenges are starting to go a bit too far.

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    9 hours ago

    Who wants Lady Gaga dead? I’m a bit shocked.

    And then the second thought rolls in, identifying her associations with drag queens and I’m thinking it’s a far right individual.

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      8 hours ago

      It’s almost always a far right individual, even when the target is also far right.