Four suspects still held on suspicion of violent acts and 50 people fined after violence against football fans. Amsterdam police expect to make more arrests after what authorities called “hateful antisemitic violence” against Israeli football fans, prosecutors said on Saturday. Four suspects remained detained on Saturday on suspicion of violent acts, including two minors, and 40 people had been fined for public disturbance and 10 for offences including vandalism, prosecutors said. Police said on Friday they had launched “a major investigation into multiple violent incidents” and that five were taken to hospital and 62 arrested. There was no evidence of “kidnappings or hostage takings”, but police were “probing reports”, they said. Amsterdam’s mayor, Femke Halsema, said: “Men on scooters crisscrossed the city looking for Israeli football fans. It was a hit-and-run. I can easily understand that this brings back memories of pogroms.” She added: “Our city has been deeply damaged. Jewish culture has been deeply threatened. This is an outburst of antisemitism that I hope to never see again.”
via guardian: More arrests expected in Amsterdam over violence on Israeli football fans