Police said Friday morning that they had made 62 arrests overnight during clashes after a Europa League match Thursday evening between Ajax and Maccabi Tel-Aviv, leaving at least five injured.
“So far we know that five people have been taken to hospital and 62 people have been arrested”Amsterdam police said on X.
The new head of Israeli diplomacy, Gideon Saar, will soon go to Amsterdam for a “urgent diplomatic visit” after the clashes on Thursday evening, his services announced on Friday.
“In light of the serious events, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar will soon leave for an urgent diplomatic visit to the Netherlands”the ministry said in a press release.
A first plane of Israeli supporters took off from Amsterdam
On the social network “terrible barbaric and anti-Semitic terrorist attacks” Who “are a resounding alarm signal for Europe and the whole world”.
A first plane intended to repatriate Israeli citizens from Amsterdam took off on Friday from Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv, a spokesperson for the Israeli airport authorities told AFP.
