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Amsterdam, Netherlands – 8 November 2024
1. Various of Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema, Peter Holla, Amsterdam’s acting police chief, Chief Public Prosecutor of the Amsterdam Public Prosecutor’s Office Rene de Beukelaer, arriving at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Femke Halsema, Mayor of Amsterdam:
"Amsterdam is looking back on a pitch-black night and today it’s still dark. Last evening and last night, hateful, antisemitic rioters and criminals harassed and beat up Jewish Israeli visitors, guests in our city. My heart goes out to the victims, their family, here and in Israel."
3. Close of camera
4. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Femke Halsema, Mayor of Amsterdam:
"Individuals on scooters crisscrossed the city searching for supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv. It was hit-and-run. Football fans were beaten and kicked after which the rioters ran away, fleeing from the police force, who were present in large numbers yesterday."
5. Wide of press conference
6. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Peter Holla, Amsterdam’s acting police chief:
"What we know now is that five injured people were treated in hospital and these people left the hospital this morning and about 20 to 30 Maccabi supporters with minor injuries were taken into Amstelveen. We have also received many questions about alleged disappearances of the supporters, because Israeli families could not reach their loved ones. We have no information that there may have been kidnapping. However, we do take signals and reports very seriously and investigate them."
7. Various of officials leaving
STORYLINE:
Attackers assaulted Israeli fans overnight after a soccer match in Amsterdam, leaving five people hospitalized, Dutch authorities said Friday. Dozens were arrested.
It was not clear how the violence began.
Dutch and Israeli leaders denounced the attacks as antisemitic.
Video showed Israeli fans chanting anti-Arab slogans in the streets before the game.
Security concerns have shrouded matches with Israeli teams in multiple countries over the past year because of global tensions linked to the wars in the Middle East.
Ahead of Thursday night’s Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv, Amsterdam authorities had banned a planned pro-Palestinian demonstration near the stadium.
Authorities said extra police would patrol Amsterdam in coming days, and security will be beefed up at Jewish institutions in the city that has a large Jewish community and was home to Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank and her family as they hid from Nazi occupiers.
AP video shot by Ahmad Seir Nassiri
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