Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Friday, November 8, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Friday, November 8, 2024
Amsterdam mayor pans ‘antisemitic criminals’ who attacked Israeli soccer fans
In this image taken from video, police frisk anti-Israel protesters near the Ajax stadium in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Thursday, November 7, 2024. (AP Photo InterVision)
Amsterdam police say ten people remain in custody after Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans were attacked by what Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema described as “antisemitic hit-and-run squads.”
“This is a very dark moment for the city, for which I am deeply ashamed,” Halsema says at a news conference.
Amsterdam’s Mayor Femke Halsema, center, acting Amsterdam police chief Peter Holla, left, and head of the Amsterdam public prosecutor’s office René de Beukelaer hold a news conference after Israeli fans were attacked overnight after a soccer match, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov, 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)
“Antisemitic criminals attacked and assaulted visitors to our city, in hit-and-run actions,” Halsema says, adding perpetrators had managed to escape a large police presence.
