Rio de Janeiro, June 16 (IANS/EFE): The Argentina-Bosnia and Herzegovina clash here at the Maracana Stadium Sunday was marred with protestors, who pelted stones at the financial institutions in an around the stadium.
Local police had to use force to stop some 200 protestors from approaching the stadium, reports EFE.
According to officials, some of the demonstrators, who were masked, first gathered at Rio's Tijuca neighbourhood before marching towards the Maracana Stadium shortly after the start of Argentina-Bosnia match, but the police closed the roads leading to the stadium.
The demonstrators then attacked the security forces and threw stones at them but the police dispersed them with tear gas and sound bombs. Brazilians are upset since the government has spent some $11 billion to host the World Cup.