Police fired rubber bullets and arrested 11 people yesterday to break up anti-World Cup protests by rioters who trashed banks and blocked traffic in the southeast Brazilian host city of Curitiba.
About 200 protesters gathered in the city center and marched toward the stadium where Iran played Nigeria in a World Cup match, but were blocked by police, news website G1 reported.
The protesters stopped a bus carrying fans to the stadium and blocked off several streets, setting garbage on fire to prevent cars from getting through, G1 said.
The rally then broke up, but a small group of masked protesters returned to the city center and began storming banks until police fired rubber bullets to disperse them.
