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Fans Burn Cars Downtown Vancouver During Riots Following Stanley Cup Loss

By Truthquake.com Staff

Rioters absent downtown Vancouver reeling as of countless fires, widespread looting and numerous stabbings in the wake of a crushing defeat for the Canucks Wednesday night.

People the mayor has checkup as œhooligans smashed windows, lit cars on flames and in progress fist fights all through the downtown center following Vancouver lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final 4-0 after that to the Boston Bruins.

There are reports so as to a youthful man fell or was pushed as of the Georgia Viaduct shortly following the end of the hockey game, and was in use to sanatorium by means of grave injuries. Two populace now captivating absent by ambulance and one more was arrested following an obvious stabbing in the 700-block of Hornby Street.

As the riot moved in a gesticulate all through the city, looters smashed windows at the Sears outlet on Robson Street and wreaked havoc in,within the store, preceding to turning completely notice to the Chapters crossways the street.

Riot law enforcement wearing gas masks and carrying shields complete a demonstrate of power nearby, moving slowly in the direction of the crowd in an attempt to scatter it.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson condemned the œhooligans accountable for the riot in interviews by means of reporters.

œIts a group of angry youthful man who are fighting, smashing things, lighting cars on fire, the mayor said. œIts absolutely shameful and disgraceful and in no way represents the metropolis of Vancouver.

A collection of youthful populace apparently unhappy concerning the Canucks defeat to the Boston Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final broke windows at The Bay on Georgia Street and rioters now looting merchandise as of the amass as of the Seymour Street side.

Rioters danced approximately a on fire van exterior the store, tossing bottles eager on the blaze to make little explosions. A BMW was set on flames nearby, and an apparently drunken man jumped straight eager on the flames, falling rear seemingly unscathed.

Several additional populace might be watching the flames as of the next ground of the store, captivating pictures and waving completely by means of no trouble in the thick black smoke.

Huge crowds gathered approximately the London Drugs site on Granville Street as populace trashed the in,within of the amass and complete off by means of stolen goods.

Police officers on horseback moved eager on the riot region exterior the amass to obvious out crowds shortly following the looting began.

Witnesses in the center of the riots obtainable grave injuries in the crowds, but St. Pauls Hospital was on a Code Orange lockdown and staff talk to now barred as of leaving the building.

St. Pauls set up a station to contract by means of additional supposed 100 populace pain as of injuries lady by pepper spray and tear gas, and an unspecified figure of populace now corporation in by means of attempt wounds and fractures.

Eyewitnesses told CTV News close to the beginning in the riot so as to an angry mob had flipped in excess of a law enforcement car close to the intersection of Nelson and Granville streets, and so as to rioters now smashing windows at a pizza put nearby. Several additional law enforcement cars now set on flames afterward in the nighttime in additional areas, and rioters now tossing firecrackers at the blazes.

Vancouver Police Const. Lindsey Houghton told CTV News so as to the crowd downtown Wednesday probable exceeded 100,000, but he supposed so as to merely a little minority now accountable for the widespread damage.

œThe bulk of populace are motionless in high-quality spirits, he said.

œIts unfortunate so as to weve seen so as to collection of populace in downtown Vancouver annoying to reason trouble.

The VPDs Const. Jana McGuinness denied so as to the condition of affairs was out of hand.

œPeople contain left to huge lengths to injure our fine city, she told CTV News. œWe didnt invite 100,000 populace downtown with no a plan.

The scene downtown bears similarities to the 1994 riots, at what time drunken Vancouver fans quick to the streets following a Game 7 defeat to the New York Rangers. Cars now overturned, law enforcement complete 150 arrests in a substance of frequently and one more 200 populace now injured.