United Kingdom, May 4 -- Brazilian police thwarted a bomb attack planned for a Lady Gaga concert on Saturday (03.05.25).

The chart-topping pop icon performed in front of an estimated 2.1 million people on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, but it's now emerged that a group promoting hate speech and the radicalisation of teenagers had planned an attack at the event.

The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro said in a statement: "The suspects were recruiting participants, including minors, to carry out coordinated attacks using improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails."

According to Brazil's justice ministry, the recruiters identified themselves as Gaga's fans, who are also known as "Little Monsters".

The bombing was planned through a soci...