The 5 defendants, who’re all Dutch residents and aged between 19 and 32, have been accused of public violence, theft and assault.
A Dutch court docket sentenced 5 males to as much as six months in jail for violence that erupted round a soccer match between Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv in November.
The Amsterdam District Court docket on Tuesday sentenced one man to 6 months in jail, one other to 2 and a half months and two to 1 month in jail. A fifth defendant acquired 100 hours of neighborhood service.
The incidents across the UEFA Europa League match, which brought about a global outcry and accusations of deliberate antisemitic assaults, left 5 individuals in hospital and 20 others with minor accidents. Greater than 60 individuals have been detained.
“It appears that evidently the violence arose from sturdy pro-Palestine sentiments and dissatisfaction with the state of affairs in Gaza, and associated anger in opposition to the Israelis current,” the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned in an announcement after hearings ended two weeks in the past.
The 5 defendants, who’re all Dutch residents and aged between 19 and 32, have been accused of public violence, theft and assault.
The 7 November recreation was allowed to go forward after the Netherlands’ counterterror watchdog discovered there was no “concrete menace” to Israeli followers, and the match wasn’t thought-about a excessive danger. Even so, Amsterdam authorities banned a pro-Palestinian demonstration outdoors the Johan Cruyff Area.
Based on an investigation, the day earlier than the sport, the authorities reported a number of incidents, together with Israeli followers tearing a Palestinian flag from an Amsterdam constructing and attacking a taxi.
Six extra suspects, together with three minors, will likely be tried at a later date. Below Dutch guidelines, juvenile proceedings are held behind closed doorways.
Police have continued investigating the incidents since early November and have launched pictures of a number of suspects they wish to determine.
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