POLICE have arrested a man and teen over a plot to bomb a Lady Gaga concert on Copacabana beach in Brazil.
The pair planned to carry out an attack at the Poker Face singer’s biggest show ever using improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails.
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Rio de Janeiro cops identified the bomb threat at Lady Gaga’s concert on Saturday, according to Globo.
As part of the operation – known as “Operation Fake Monster” – the police raided nine addresses across Brazilian cities including Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
Here they found a number of suspicious electronic devices as well as other materials.
One man – who was allegedly the leader of the group – was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm in Rio Grande do Sul.
While a teenager was arrested for storing child pornography in Rio.
The police said the group believed to be behind the shocking plot operated online and spread hate speech against children, teenagers and the LGBT community.
It also promoted the radicalisation of teenagers,…
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