SAO PAULO, July 9 — Several buses were set on fire and an electronics store was looted in Sao Paulo today following Brazil’s crushing World Cup defeat to Germany, police said.

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. — AFP