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Sao Paulo protest turns violent as World Cup game ends

2014-06-20 92 Dailymotion

Violent scenes in Brazil's largest city.<br/> <br />It didn't start like this, though. More than a thousand protesters took to the streets of Sao Paulo peacefully commemorating the one year anniversary since they stopped an increase in public transport fares.<br/> <br />But it turned ugly. Some demonstrators smashed shop windows and started fires. They vandalised cars and banks. Police responded with tear gas.<br/> <br />There have been a number of anti-government protests in Brazil since the football championship began, most have been on a much smaller scale and were not violent like this rally.<br/> <br />Only a minority of these protesters were demonstrating against the cost of hosting the World Cup tournament.<br/> <br />There were no initial reports of injured protesters or of foreign soccer fans getting caught up in this violence.<br/> <br />But in a separate incident, on the other side of town, ten England fans were attacked just hours before the World Cup game between England and Uruguay.<br/> <br />Crushed gl

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