5 extra individuals have been arrested for his or her suspected involvement in assaults on Israeli soccer followers in Amsterdam, Dutch police have stated.
Some 63 suspects had already been arrested after Israeli followers had been attacked within the Dutch capital on Thursday following a match between native facet Ajax and Israeli group Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof stated the Netherlands would focus all its efforts on bringing the perpetrators to justice.
“The images and reports for Amsterdam and what we’ve seen this weekend of antisemitic attacks against Israelis and Jews are nothing short of shocking and reprehensible,” he stated on Monday.
Mr Schoof stated police and prosecutors had been nonetheless piecing collectively the main points of what occurred.
Defined: What we find out about violence in Amsterdam
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Lots of of individuals defied an illustration ban. Pic: Reuters
Youths on scooters and on foot went seeking Israeli followers on Thursday, punching and kicking them earlier than fleeing, in line with Amsterdam’s mayor.
At the very least 5 individuals had been injured within the assaults, which had been denounced as antisemitic by Dutch authorities and international leaders together with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A video circulated on social media confirmed a person being chased by way of the road with the caption “watch and enjoy six Zionists chased away. Free Palestine”.
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Dutch police patrol after riots in Amsterdam. Pics: Mizzle Media/Reuters
Israel tells residents to not attend occasions overseas after violence
Israel despatched further planes to deliver Maccabi supporters house following the assaults and informed its residents to not attend cultural or sports activities occasions overseas this week.
Mr Netanyahu’s workplace claimed it has intelligence that pro-Palestinian teams abroad intend to hurt Israelis in cities within the Netherlands, UK, France, Belgium and others.
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Footage captured Palestinian flags being ripped down within the Dutch capital
‘We condemn any violence’
Earlier than the match on Thursday, Maccabi followers tore a Palestinian flag off a constructing in Amsterdam, set one other on hearth and chanted anti-Arab slogans on their approach to the stadium.
“We are well aware of what happened earlier with Maccabi supporters but we think that’s of a different category and we condemn any violence as well, but that is no excuse whatsoever for what happened later on that night in the attacks on Jews in Amsterdam,” Mr Schoof stated.
On Sunday greater than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters had been taken away by police throughout a banned demonstration within the metropolis’s Dam Sq..
A 3-day ban on demonstrations was introduced in on Friday, following violence that erupted on Thursday after the Europa League recreation.
The ban was later prolonged for 4 extra days till subsequent Thursday.
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Pic: Mizzle Media/Reuters
Tram set on hearth
It comes as dozens of individuals armed with sticks and firecrackers set hearth to a tram in Amsterdam on Monday, police stated.
The hearth was rapidly extinguished and riot officers cleared the sq., the power stated.
Police stated it was not clear who began the unrest or whether or not it was associated to the violence final week.
