Banja Luka deputy police chief Zeljko Domazet confirmed for the Sarajevo media that football hooligans had smashed windows of the shops of the Kras confectionery producer, the Varteks clothes manufacturer and of the Croata neckties.
"The police have conducted on-spot investigations and are searching for perpetrators," Domazet was quoted by the Oslobodjenje daily as saying.
He said the police had taken some preventive measures before the soccer match, assessing risks of such incidents, and those measures thwarted larger-scale consequences of the expected violence.
The police had undertaken the most comprehensive preventive measures at the construction site where the Ferhat-Pasha Mosque, demolished during the war, is to be built.
According to the Sarajevo-based Dnevni Avaz daily, holligans' spree lasted four hours and considerable damage was inflicted on many buildings and facilities. The police, however, have not confirm this report.
There is no information about possible injuries.
The media in the Federation, that is the Croat-Muslim entity, reported about the hooligans having gone on the rampage after Serbia failed to secure the passage to the second round of the Championships. On the other hand, the media in the Serb entity made no mention of the incidents.
Croatian shops in Banja Luka were also targets of attacks two years ago when rallies were staged against Croatia's recognition of the independence of Kosovo.