The more than 2 million people who attended Lady Gaga’s free concert on Copacabana Beach on May 3, 2025, had no idea of a plot that, if successful, would have turned the event into a tragedy fueled by hate. Just hours before a sea of admirers waved fans in sync with the singer during the event, the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police thwarted a planned attack involving Molotov cocktails and improvised bombs—and targeting the American singer’s LGBTQ following.
Lady Gaga bomb plot: Thwarted plan lifts veil on gamification of hate, gendered nature of online radicalization
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