Israeli fans assaulted: Amsterdam cops detain 10 over 'anti-semitic' attack'Anti-semitic criminals attacked and assaulted visitors to our city, in hit-and-run actions. This is a very dark moment for the city, for which I am deeply ashamed,' the Amsterdam mayor said.
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Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters demonstrate and light flares in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 7, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.
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Amsterdam: Amsterdam police on Friday said ten people were in custody after Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were attacked by what Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema described as "anti-semitic hit-and-run squads".
"This is a very dark moment for the city, for which I am deeply ashamed," Halsema said at a news conference.
"Anti-semitic criminals attacked and assaulted visitors to our city, in hit-and-run actions," Halsema said, adding perpetrators had managed to escape a large police presence.