29 Oct 2012
The rowdy crowd attacked dozens of business establishments and torched a bus belonging to to the city of San Francisco. The Giants swept the World Series 4-3 when beat Detroit Tigers on Sunday night.
The rioters in groups lit bonfire in middle of the busy streets and set fire to the newly refurbished bus, which cost the state over $ 600,000. It was not immediately known how much it would cost the city to repair the damages.
Eye witnesses said that some of the people used empty buses as a stage to dance and while some painted slogans and shattered glasses of the business establishments. Large contingent of police dispatched to the scene repeatedly warned the crowd to disperse, when the orders were not obeyed police moved in to arrest several people.
Reports said one U-Haul vehicle was also set on fire and police department responded to over 76 bonfires. The crowd also pelted police with empty bottles and spray painted several businesses in down town San
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