It could have been a tragedy. Brazilian police prevented an attack during the Lady Gaga concert On Copacabana Beach. The two detainees tried to recruit teenagers to explode several explosive artifacts: they wanted to do the greater damage to the LGTBI collective.
The operation focused on dismantling a network that, according to researchers, recruited teenagers through the Internet with the aim of inducing them to execute attacks with improvised explosives.
In action were two people arrestedincluding the alleged coordinator of the group and a minor located in Rio de Janeiro. Both were identified as participants of the organization investigated for incitement to violence for the purposes of digital notoriety.
The Band of the Band was arrested for “illegal possession of firearms” and, as the authorities reported, “prepared a plan mainly against children, adolescents and LGTBI community.” The young man, meanwhile, was arrested for storage of child pornography.
The Brazil Ministry of Justice confirmed that the group members They operated on social networks using false profilesin which Lady Gaga followers community, known as “Little Monsters“.
Precisely, The operation was called “Fake Monster”in reference to the group’s strategy to use the image of Lady Gaga’s followers as a facade for their activities.
“Those involved were identified as people who virtually recruited participants to carry out attacks using improvised explosives and molotov cocktails To gain notoriety in social networks, “security agents described in X.
The group of attackers, in addition to trying to attack the interpreter’s concert, also They promoted hate messages through social networks and encouraged the radicalization of young people.
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