Security around the Euroleague basketball match between Panathinaikos and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday in Athens will be reinforced after attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam last week, Greek police said. Some 1,500 officers will be mobilized for this meeting scheduled for 8:15 p.m. (GMT+2), according to a police source. Part of the forces will be assigned to Maccabi supporters while anti-terrorist police officers will escort the bus. the team, this source said. The Israeli embassy in Athens will also benefit from reinforced security.
Last week, five people were briefly hospitalized and 62 others arrested, according to Dutch police, after violence against Jewish fans in Amsterdam on the sidelines of the match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv. This violence represents an “explosion of anti-Semitism” which “had not been seen for a long time”, reacted the mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema.
On Thursday, security will also be reinforced around the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, for the France-Israel Nations League football match, with 4,000 police officers mobilized around and, rarely, inside the stadium grounds. stadium.
Security around the Euroleague basketball match between Panathinaikos and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday in Athens will be increased following attacks on Israeli fans in Amsterdam last week, Greek police said. Some 1,500 police officers will be mobilized for this meeting scheduled for 8:15 p.m. (GMT+2), according to a police source. A…
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