Rioters set a tram on hearth within the Dutch metropolis of Amsterdam on Monday, a number of days after an antisemitic mob attacked followers of an Israeli soccer membership.
Police mentioned that disturbances began round 9:15 pm native time on the ‘40-’45 sq. within the northwestern a part of town.
In keeping with native media, a number of dozen rioters launched fireworks and threw stones on the officers, in addition to pelted vehicles and buses with stones. At one level, they set a tram on hearth.
The rioters have been heard shouting antisemitic slogans, the general public broadcaster NOS mentioned.
“Most cancers Jews” they yelled, setting a tram on hearth in Amsterdam. However you’ll be able to clearly see the tram had provoked them with its Zionist blue-white coloration, and possibly by operating over a Palestinian flag as effectively. Had it coming. 🍉 pic.twitter.com/AJJxbUfTQn
— Maarten Boudry (@mboudry) November 11, 2024
Journalist Jesper Roele posted a video of a bicycle owner being attacked by a rioter.
Police mentioned that they’ve arrested three folks, and that no bystanders have been injured.
In a separate assertion on Monday, police mentioned that 5 extra suspects have been arrested as a part of a “large-scale investigation” into the clashes that passed off on November 7 following a sport between the native crew Ajax and the Tel Aviv membership Maccabi. The followers of the Israeli membership have been attacked by mobs that shouted pro-Palestinian and anti-Jewish slogans. Greater than 60 folks have been arrested in connection to the riot.
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has condemned the assaults dedicated by males “with a migration background.”
“It was unadulterated antisemitic violence,” he mentioned on Monday, as quoted by AFP. The prime minister demanded “exhausting motion” towards these accountable.
Many international locations have seen an upswing in antisemitic incidents for the reason that conflict in Gaza broke out on October 7, 2023. The preventing between Israel and Hamas was triggered by a shock raid by Palestinian militants, which killed some 1,200 folks. Hamas took greater than 200 hostages, round 100 of which stay in captivity.
Greater than 43,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza for the reason that begin of the IDF operaion within the enclave.
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