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The Guardian - UK
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Senay Boztas in Amsterdam

First charges over violence linked to football match in Amsterdam

Police officers clear people away from Dam Square during a pro-Palestinian protest in Amsterdam on November 10, 2024
Police officers dispersed a pro-Palestinian protest in Amsterdam’s Dam square as part of emergency measures on Sunday. Photograph: Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP/Getty Images

Authorities have released details of the 62 people arrested after violent attacks took place around the football match between Amsterdam’s Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday night.

Violence after the game – described by the Amsterdam mayor, Femke Halsema, as “hit and run attacks” on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters by “boys on scooters” – provoked international horror.

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