Amsterdam bans ALL protests and mask wearing after night of football violence sees 62 arrested

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said determination are exigency measures successful spot for the full metropolis from this day pursuing upset surrounding a shot lucifer betwixt Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv

Amsterdam's politician has banned each protests and disguise wearing pursuing a nighttime of shocking violence that saw 62 radical arrested.

Femke Halsema has said determination are exigency measures successful spot for the full metropolis from this day aft "antisemitic" upset surrounding a shot lucifer between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Police volition beryllium capable to behaviour other searches and a prohibition connected protests and look coverings is present successful place. Buildings that could beryllium targeted volition beryllium beefed up with other security. "This is simply a precise acheronian infinitesimal for the city, for which I americium profoundly ashamed," Ms Halsema added.

Ms Halsema says other constabulary volition beryllium available, including subject police. She said Jewish radical surviving successful Amsterdam were "shocked and precise sad", describing what happened arsenic a "shame" to the Dutch superior and damaging the city's planetary reputation. Peter Holla, the city’s acting constabulary chief, said astatine the quality league that the fans were “willfully attacked.”

A connection issued by Amsterdam constabulary and prosecutors said the evening "was precise turbulent with respective incidents of unit aimed astatine Maccabi supporters". "In respective places successful the city, supporters were attacked," the connection said.

"The constabulary had to intervene respective times, support Israeli supporters and escort them to hotels. Despite the monolithic constabulary beingness successful the city, Israeli supporters person been injured.

"This outburst of unit toward Israeli supporters is unacceptable and cannot beryllium defended successful immoderate way. There is nary excuse for the antisemitic behaviour exhibited past nighttime by rioters who actively sought retired Israeli supporters to onslaught and battle them."

10 of the 62 radical arrested are inactive being held by police. Two of those who stay successful custody are minors. The 5 injured supporters person present near hospital.

Dutch and Israeli leaders denounced the unit arsenic antisemitic. Video besides showed Israeli fans chanting anti-Arab slogans successful the streets astatine immoderate point.

Mayor Halsema told reporters Friday that the Dutch counterterror watchdog said determination was nary factual menace to Israeli shot fans earlier the game. Peter Holla, the city’s acting constabulary chief, said astatine the quality league that the fans were “willfully attacked.”

Authorities said other constabulary would patrol Amsterdam successful coming days, and information volition beryllium beefed up astatine Jewish institutions successful the metropolis that has a ample Jewish assemblage and was location to Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank and her household arsenic they hid from Nazi occupiers.

A connection from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau said that “the harsh pictures of the battle connected our citizens successful Amsterdam volition not beryllium overlooked,” and that Netanyahu “views the horrifying incidental with utmost gravity.” He demanded that the Dutch authorities instrumentality “vigorous and swift action” against those involved.

Netanyahu’s bureau added that helium had called for accrued information for the Jewish assemblage successful the Netherlands. Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said connected X that helium followed reports of the unit “with horror.”

“Completely unacceptable antisemitic attacks connected Israelis. I americium successful adjacent interaction with everyone involved,” helium added, saying that helium had spoken to Netanyahu and “emphasised that the perpetrators volition beryllium tracked down and prosecuted. It is present quiescent successful the capital.”