Dutch prosecutor hands out jail sentences of up to six months, saying fighting between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ‘had little to do’ with sport
A Dutch court has handed down sentences of up to six months in prison to the first men to be tried over the unrest that erupted in Amsterdam as local football team Ajax took on Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv.
More than a month after the city was gripped by what officials described as “a toxic cocktail” of hooliganism, antisemitism and anger over the war in Gaza, a district court found the five men guilty of crimes that ranged from kicking fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv to inciting violence in chat groups.
