The American singer occurred on Saturday May 3 on Copacabana beach in front of 2.1 million people. The authorities announced the next day that they had prevented a bomb attack and arrested two men.
The jubilation scenes could have turned into a nightmare. Brazilian police announced Sunday, May 4, having thwarted a bomb attack during a free concert organized the day before by Lady Gaga on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. On social networks, the authorities say they have challenged two people in connection with this attempted attack, namely a man who illegally possessed weapons and a teenager prosecuted for child pornography, said the Hollywood Reporter . “Rio de Janeiro civilian police, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, prevented a bomb attack during the Lady Gaga show in Copacabana”they said.
In a statement sent yesterday, the day after the giant concert which brought together, according to estimates by the municipality, some 2.1 million spectators, a spokesperson for the New York singer said “Being aware of this threat by the media” in the morning. “Before and during the concert, there was no security problem or any communication from the police or the authorities to Lady Gaga concerning riskshe continues, surprised. His team worked in close collaboration with the police throughout the planning and execution of the concert and all the parties were confident in the security measures put in place. »»
For his part, Brazilian police said that the thwarted attack was planned by a group that spread hate speeches against the LGBTQ community. The latter would have sought to radicalize and recruit adolescents to commit attacks using Molotov cocktails and explosives. Also according to local police, it was a “Collective challenge” organized in order to “Gain notoriety on social networks”. To find the suspects, the Brazilian authorities have searched fifteen people in several states of Brazil, to whom they confiscated phones and other electronic devices.
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“Your culture is so vibrant”
In this context, the Saturday concert was held in excellent conditions thanks to the“Impressive security device deployed, with more than 5,000 agents, drones and video surveillance cameras with facial recognition”. Lady Gaga has also expressed her gratitude to her fans, nicknamed the “Little Monsters” on social networks: “Nothing could prepare me […] to the pride and the joy that I felt while singing for the Brazilian people. The view of the crowd during my first songs cut me off. Your heart shines so much, your culture is so vibrant and unique, I hope you know how grateful I am to have shared this historic moment with you. »»
On stage, the 39 -year -old artist, also on the post of the last Joker: Folia with twosang Poker Faceone of his greatest successes, on a monumental chessboard. Junned by more than two meters high, dressed in an endless scarlet train which, by opening, revealed a vertical cage in which her dancers were hidden, she sang Bloody Mary. For more than two hours, Lady Gaga interpreted her best tubes as Abracadabraone of the flagship titles of his latest album, “Mayhem”, launched in March.
Despite these threats, the municipal authorities, which count on economic benefits of more than $ 100 million, wish to perpetuate this tradition of the mega free concert in May, in order to stimulate tourism during a period considered as low season. Mayor Eduardo Paes has already suggested that he intended to bring the Irish rock group U2, without specifying a date.
