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Five convicted for Amsterdam clashes with Israeli football fans | Football news
Men found guilty of crimes including kicking Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and inciting violence in chat groups.
A Dutch court has convicted five men for their part in the violence against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam in recent months.
The Amsterdam court found them guilty on Tuesday of a series of crimes, from kicking Maccabi Tel Aviv fans onto the streets to inciting violence in chat groups.
The most severe penalty imposed was six months in prison, for a man identified as Sefa O for public violence against several people.
The violence occurred on November 8 during two days of clashes in the city, where Israeli football fans clashed with apparent pro-Palestinian protesters before and after a Europa League football match between their team Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax.
Videos shared on social media at the time showed Israeli fans singing racist, anti-Arab songs, vandalizing a taxi and burning a Palestinian flag.
Fighting then broke out and was told to Al Jazeera at the time by Israeli fans, witnesses and a city councilor.
Police arrested people who had beaten Israeli fans as world leaders made accusations of anti-Semitism.
The prosecutor in the case said the assault had little to do with football, but added that in this case there was no evidence of terrorist intent and that the violence was not motivated by anti-Semitic sentiments.
The violence was influenced by the situation in Gaza, not anti-Semitism, the prosecutor said.
The most serious case the court heard on Tuesday involved Sefa, who prosecutors say played a leading role in the violence.
The court saw footage of a man, identified as Sefa, kicking a person to the ground, chasing targets and hitting people on the head and body.
Another man, identified as Umutcan A, 24, was given a one-month prison sentence for attacking fans and ripping a Maccabi scarf from one of them.
A 22-year-old, identified as Abushabab M, is charged with attempted murder, but his case has been postponed while he undergoes a psychiatric evaluation. He was born in the Gaza Strip and grew up in a war zone, his lawyer told the court, as Abushabab sobbed as his case was heard.
Six more suspects will appear at a later stage. Three of these suspects are minors and their cases are being handled behind closed doors.
Police said they were investigating at least 45 people over the violence, including that of fans of the Israeli club.
At an emotionally charged press conference the morning after the riots, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said the city had been deeply damaged by hateful anti-Semitic rioters.
However, Halsema later said that she regretted the parallel she had drawn between the violence and memories of pogroms, saying that this word had been used as propaganda.
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