Violent attacks on Israeli football fans in Amsterdam by ‘anti-Semitic’ scooter gangs have been denounced as a ‘Jew hunt on the streets of Amsterdam’ by right-wing politician Geert Wilders.
Hundreds of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were ‘ambushed and attacked’ in the Dutch capital as they left Ajax’s stadium following a Europa League match between the two sides, with fans reporting they were then set upon by thugs.
Anti-immigration Party for Freedom leader Wilders decried the ‘shameful’ and ‘unacceptable’ violence and called for those who attacked the Maccabi supporters to be arrested and deported, suggesting they were migrants.
Ten people were injured in the violence, Israeli officials said, with the Times of Israel and other outlets in the country reporting that the attacks were largely perpetrated by Amsterdam locals of Arabic origin.
Police are still trying to establish exactly who was behind the horrific attacks, which saw masked men chase down, beat and kick Israeli fans scenes which…
