Violence in Amsterdam after a soccer match between an Israeli team and a local opponent has rattled the city’s Jewish and Muslim communities and drawn an international outcry. The police are scheduled to present a more detailed account this week.
Though the exact sequence of events remains unclear, civic leaders in Amsterdam largely agree that incendiary and racist behavior by some Israeli fans stoked anger, and that multiple Israeli fans were assaulted across the city, in some cases by masked assailants. Some attackers seem to have singled out their victims for being Jewish.
Five people were hospitalized, and dozens more had been injured, some with broken legs. The police said 63 people had been arrested. Prime Minister Dick Schoof plans to convene two meetings of ministers this week on the Amsterdam attacks and on antisemitism. Israeli officials organized flights to bring hundreds of soccer fans home.
