2023-05-07 09:15:41
More than 150 fans were arrested by Dutch police in Amsterdam on Saturday for singing anti-Semitic chants ahead of a match between Ajax and Alkmaar, police said.
The facts occurred at a metro station near the Johan Cruijff Arena where Ajax plays, around 5:30 p.m. “The supporters were asked several times to stop singing” before making the arrests, police added. The police stopped the subway to make the arrests.
According to AT5 radio, the 154 supporters arrested were from Alkmaar, which the police did not confirm.
Interviewed by De Telegraaf, Chanan Hertzberger, a representative of the Jewish community in the Netherlands welcomed these arrests: “The Central Jewish Consultation is satisfied with the decision to intervene and fight against anti-Semitism. »
The match took place and ended in a 0-0. Ajax Amsterdam is often associated with the city’s Jewish community, not least because some of its managers and players in the 1960s and 70s were Jewish.
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