Brazilian police thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gagas historic concert that drew over two million people to Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. The plot was orchestrated by a group promoting hate speech and the radicalization of teenagers, including self-harm and violent content as a form of social belonging. "The suspects were recruiting participants, including minors, to carry out coordinated attacks using improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails," the police said in a statement. A man described as the group's leader was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm, while a teenager in Rio de Janeiro was detained for storing child pornography. Authorities carried out over a dozen search and seizure warrants across the states of Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul, and Sao Paulo.
Destructive cults are metastasizing on the internet, taking advantage of disaffected or alienated youth, as well as the seriously mentally ill. Members of the notorious self-mutilation cult known as CVLT were recently arrested, as well as the "accelerationists." A techno-fascist killed a Border Patrol agent in Vermont this past January.
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Cult update: The Lady Gaga bomb plot targeted LGBTQ people and a 'satanist ritual' child killing: www.cnn.com
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