UN says attack on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam is ‘very troubling’

The United Nations says it is deeply troubled by the attack on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, which Dutch and Israeli officials have said was antisemitic in nature.

“We have seen these very troubling reports,” UN human rights office spokesman Jeremy Laurence tells a media briefing in Geneva, adding: “Nobody, nobody should be subjected to discrimination or violence on the basis of their national, religious, ethnic or other origin. We understand that the authorities have launched an investigation into this incident.”

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