People who defied the ban on demonstrations in Amsterdam were detained

Dutch police detained several people in Amsterdam today who defied a ban on demonstrations imposed after violence on the sidelines of a soccer match and raised white banners in front of the city’s city hall, a Reuters witness said. . Dutch news agency ANP reported that six people were taken into custody. A police spokesman was not able to immediately confirm this number. The atmosphere remains tense in the city after violent incidents broke out before and after the soccer match between Israel’s Maccabi and Ajax Amsterdam last week. At least five people were injured in the incidents, which Dutch authorities and foreign leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have denounced as anti-Semitic. Following the violence, local authorities imposed a ban on demonstrations until Thursday morning. Source: RES
Source: News Beast

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