Lady Gaga shares message after finding out about terror plot
Lady Gaga only found out about plans to bomb the biggest show of her career online the following day
Lady Gaga has commented after finding out about plans to bomb the biggest concert of her career online. Two people have been arrested in connection with the incident that Gaga and her team were not told about directly and instead found out about through media reports.
Plans to bomb the singer's massive concert were stopped by Brazilian authorities hours before the show when they arrested suspects. The event went ahead without disruption - but the singer and her team only found out about what had happened afterwards.
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On Sunday, a spokesperson for Lady Gaga said the pop star and her team âlearned about this alleged threat via media reports this morning". Police said nothing about the alleged plot at the time in an effort to âavoid panicâ and âthe distortion of informationâ.
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It comes after Lady Gaga performed to more than two million fans at a free concert in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, May 3. It was the biggest show of her career.
Police in Brazil said that two people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to detonate explosives at the concert, which they say sought to target Brazilâs LGBTQ community.
A spokesperson for the singer shared in a statement with The Hollywood Reporter: "We learned about this alleged threat via media reports this morning [May 4].
Article continues belowâPrior to and during the show, there were no known safety concerns, nor any communication from the police or authorities to Lady Gaga regarding any potential risks.
"Her team worked closely with law enforcement throughout the planning and execution of the concert and all parties were confident in the safety measures in place.â
Brazilian police worked with the countryâs justice ministry to disrupt an attack allegedly planned by a group spreading hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community, according to reports by the Associated Press (AP).
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According to the AP report, police said the group sought to radicalise and recruit teenagers to carry out attacks using Molotov cocktails and improvised explosives.
In a post on Instagram following the Saturday concert, Gaga â whose real name is Stefani Germanotta â did not address the incident, but said: âNothing could prepare me for the feeling I had during last nightâs show â the absolute pride and joy I felt singing for the people of Brazil.
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âThe sight of the crowd during my opening songs took my breath away. Your heart shines so bright, your culture is so vibrant and special, I hope you know how grateful I am to have shared this historical moment with you.
âAn estimated 2.5 million people came to see me sing, the biggest crowd for any woman in history.
âI wish I could share this feeling with the whole world â I know I canât, but I can say thisâif you lose your way, you can find your way back if you believe in yourself and work hard.
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âYou can give yourself dignity by rehearsing your passion and your craft, pushing yourself to new heightsâ you can lift yourself up even if it takes some time.
âThank you Rio for waiting for me to come back. Thank you little monsters all over the world. I love you. I will never forget this moment.
âPaws up little monsters (Gagaâs nickname for her fans). Obrigada. Love, Mother Monster.â
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According to reports, authorities arrested two people in connection with the planned attack - the alleged leader of the group on illegal weapons possession charges in Rio Grande Do Sul, and a teenager on child pornography charges in Rio.
Police are reported to have raided the locations of 15 suspects in Brazil and confiscated phones and other electronic devices.
Felipe Cury, secretary of the Rio police, said authorities believed the suspects sought to target Brazilâs LGBTQ community.
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âThey were clearly saying that they were planning an attack at Lady Gagaâs concert motivated by sexual orientation,â Mr Cury told a press conference on Sunday.
Rio Police chief Luiz Lima said the group disseminated hate speech and violent content online âaimed at gaining notoriety in order to attract more viewers, more participants - most of them teenagers, many of them childrenâ.
Even as Brazilian authorities said they arrested suspects in the hours before Lady Gagaâs show, the event went ahead without disruption â leading some to question the seriousness of the threat.
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Serious security concerns typically lead organisers to cancel such massive events - as happened with Taylor Swiftâs concerts in Vienna last year.
Police said nothing about the alleged plot at the time in an effort to âavoid panicâ and âthe distortion of informationâ.
Security was tight at Saturdayâs concert, with 5,200 military and police officers deployed to the beach where fans were revelling in the pop singerâs classic hits such as Born This Way, which became something of an LGBTQ anthem after its 2011 release.
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Rioâs state police and Brazilâs Justice Ministry presented the bare outlines of a plot that they said involved a group that promoted hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community, among others, and had planned to detonate homemade explosive devices at the event.
âThe plan was treated as a âcollective challengeâ with the aim of gaining notoriety on social media,â the police said. The group, it added, disseminated violent content to teenagers online as âa form of belongingâ.
Police did not elaborate on their exact roles in the plot or on how the group came to target Lady Gagaâs free concert.
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âThose involved were recruiting participants, including teenagers, to carry out integrated attacks using improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails,â police said.
The Justice Ministry said that it determined the group posed a ârisk to public order.â It said the group falsely presented themselves online as âLittle Monstersâ - Lady Gagaâs nickname for her fans - in order to reach teenagers and lure them into ânetworks with violent and self-destructive contentâ.
The ministry said there was no impact on those attending the open-air concert.
Article continues belowDuring a series of raids on the homes of 15 suspects across several Brazilian states, authorities confiscated phones and other electronic devices. Although police said they believed homemade bombs were intended for use in the planned attack, there was no mention of the raids turning up any weapons or explosive material.
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