Lady Gaga speaks after the police arrested two people in connection with an alleged plot to bomb her free concert in Brazil on Saturday.
“We learned this alleged threat via media reports this morning,” shared a singer's spokesperson in a statement with The Hollywood Reporter. “Before and during the show, there was no known security problem, nor any communication from the police or authorities in Lady Gaga concerning potential risks. 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 in place. ”
After Lady Gaga's biggest spectacle of her career, attracting more than 2 million people to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazil police said they worked with the Ministry of Justice for an operation to stop an alleged attack planned by a group that spread the speech of hatred against the LGBTQ community.
According to the authorities, the group sought to radicalize and recruit adolescents to carry out attacks using Molotov cocktails and improvised explosives. “The plan was treated as a” collective challenge “in order to obtain notoriety on social networks,” said the police.
After the police have descended in the locations of 15 suspects in several states in Brazil and confiscated phones and other electronic devices, the leader of the alleged group was arrested for possession of possession of illegal weapons, as well as for adolescents in juvenile pornography.
Sunday, after the concert, Lady Gaga taken from his Instagram To rent his fans, also known as “Little Monsters”, for the unforgettable evening.
“Nothing could prepare me for the feeling that I had during the spectacle last night-absolute pride and the joy that I felt to sing for the inhabitants of Brazil,” she wrote in part. “The view of the crowd during my opening songs cut my breath. Your heart shines so brilliant, your culture is so dynamic and special, I hope you know how grateful I am to have shared this historic moment with you.”
