[KARAH RUCKER]
THE FIRST CRIMINAL SENTENCES RELATED TO RIOTS AT A SOCCER MATCH BETWEEN A NETHERLANDS AND ISRAELI CLUB IN AMSTERDAM LAST MONTH HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN TO FIVE DUTCH MEN.
AN AMSTERDAM JUDGE LEVELING THE HEAVIEST SENTENCE OF SIX MONTHS IN PRISON TO ONE MAN.
WHILE GIVING ANOTHER DEFENDANT TWO-AND-HALF MONTHS IN JAIL AND TWO OTHERS ONE MONTH BEHINDS BARS.
A FIFTH MAN WAS GIVEN 100 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THE MEN RANGE IN AGE FROM 19 TO 32-YEARS-OLD.
POLICE SAY ONE OF THE DEFENDANT’S MENTIONED A SO-CALLED “JEW HUNT” IN A GROUP CHAT AND ANOTHER DESCRIBED ISRAELI SOCCER FANS AS “COWARDLY JEWS” ON A WHATSAPP CHAT.
THOUGH, THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR REJECTED SUGGESTIONS THE ATTACKS AMOUNTED TO TERRORISM DUE TO TARGETED VIOLENCE.
CONTENDING THE DEFENDANTS’ ACTIONS DIDN’T QUALIFY AS TERRORISM BECAUSE THE “GOAL” OF THE SUSPECTS WAS NOT TO CREATE FEAR AMONG THE PEOPLE THEY WERE ATTACKING.
THE FIVE MEN HAVE TWO WEEKS TO MAKE AN APPEAL.
THE VIOLENCE OUTSIDE THE SOCCER STADIUM LED TO INTERNATIONAL UPROAR AND ACCUSATIONS OF TARGETED ANTISEMITIC ATTACKS.
THE VIOLENCE SENT FIVE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL AND LEFT 20 OTHERS WITH MINOR INJURIES.
POLICE SAY THEY DETAINED MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE DURING THE CHAOTIC SCENE.
AUTHORITIES SAY THE VIOLENCE TOOK PLACE BETWEEN PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS AND ISRAELI SOCCER FANS.
PROSECUTORS ARGUE THE VIOLENCE ERUPTED BECAUSE OF “STRONG PRO-PALESTINIAN SENTIMENTS AND DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WAR IN GAZA.”
SAYING, SOME RIOTERS TOOK OUT THEIR ANGER ON ISRAELIS ATTENDING THE GAME.
THE NOVEMBER 8TH MATCH STILL WENT ON AFTER NETHERLANDS AUTHORITIES FOUND NO “CONCRETE THREAT” TO ISRAELI FANS.
SIX MORE SUSPECTS IN THE RIOTS HAVE TRIALS SET FOR A LATER DATE, INCLUDING THREE MINORS.
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Source: https://san.com/cc/5-sentenced-in-riot-related-violence-between-dutch-and-israeli-soccer-fans/
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