Several buses were set on fire and an electronics store was looted in Sao Paulo late on Tuesday following Brazil's crushing World Cup defeat to Germany, police said.
SAO PAULO: Several buses were set on fire and an electronics store was looted in Sao Paulo late on Tuesday following Brazil's crushing World Cup defeat to Germany, police said.
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Police did not give a figure but Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said on its website that some 20 buses were torched in a garage where unused vehicles were stored.Another three buses were set ablaze in other parts of the mega-city.
Police did not confirm whether the fires were linked to Brazil's 7-1 defeat to Germany in the semi-final, which knocked the national team out of the World Cup it is hosting.
"This is under investigation," a state militarized police spokesman told AFP. Looters ransacked an electronics store in the east of the city. Buses are often burned by robbers or as a form of protest in Brazil.
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