The police have arrested a 38-year-old Amsterdammer on suspicion of threatening singer Douwe Bob. This is what the ANP news agency and the Ad Wednesday.
By Ad Is it about Bob T., the foreman of the Amsterdam Defense Force (ADF). According to the newspaper, that is a conservative graffiti group with roots in the Ajax supporters scene. Het Parool Previously reported that ADF supporters knew where the singer lives.
ADF says he is fighting the ‘sale’ of Amsterdam culture. T. tells about this in one item From the Amsterdam city channel AT5, that is about the ADF campaign ‘All Yuppen de Pijp’.
Last Sunday, when he was already on stage, Douwe Bob decided not to perform during Jom HA Voetbal, an annual family day for Jewish (grand) parents and (grand) children in Amsterdam. The singer was not served by “a Zionist poster and pamphlets” on the site. The singer is against Zionism, he told the public.
Douwe Bob’s decision led online to a lot of criticism and hatred. VVD leader Dilan Yesilgöz pulled on X A comparison with the persecution of the Jews in the Second World War and spoke of “hatred of Jews.” Because the singer was also threatened, he decided to flee abroad.
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