The Public Prosecution Service demanded prison sentences against three men suspected of involvement in the Maccabi riots in Amsterdam of November last year on Wednesday. It has it To be announced.
The highest punishment is demanded against 22-year-old Kamal I.: a year in prison of which four months are conditional. Justice has demanded two months in prison against 27-year-old Cenk D.. And against 26-year-old Mohammed B., it demands a prison sentence of 11 days. The three men have recognized their role in the disturbances around the competition, and expressed their regret.
On November 7, before the football match between Ajax and the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, was created in the center of Amsterdam. Israeli supporters jerked a Palestinian flag of a facade, among other things, and images went around on which a taxi driver was attacked. Even after the game, several violence incidents took place, with Maccabi supporters in particular at that time.
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Justice accuses Kamal I., a taxi driver from Diemen, of mistreatment of Israeli football fans and calling for riots through messages in a WhatsApp group. He is suspected of sharing location data from fans, which would have facilitated violent perpetrators in tracing the Israelis. According to the judiciary, it is also likely that I. himself has committed violence against Israeli football fans. I. stated in the court that he had become emotional when he saw the violence on the street: “I admit that I contributed to the riots those days. I really regret that. “
“I’m ashamed”
Cenk D., a 27-year-old Amsterdammer without a criminal record, was told a two-month requirement. According to the OM, he has made insulting comments about Jews and sent swastikas in a group chat. Since last year, ‘trivialization of the Holocaust’ has been a criminal offense. According to the OM, D. has longed the Holocaust and was guilty of group insult. “I let myself be dragged, but of course I should never have done that,” said the suspect on Wednesday. “I’m ashamed.”
Mohammed B., a Syrian man who has lost a lot of family due to the war in Gaza, is said to have made “a beating movement” towards a Maccabi fan with a belt. B. denies having touched the man. He has already served the imprisonment of eleven days that was demanded against him. “The war there touched me enormously. But I am sorry, I should have stayed at home that day, “B. said in court.
Two more suspects are on trial on Thursday. The court will rule on March 19.
There is still an investigation of justice going on the identity of possible suspects of the riots in Amsterdam at the time. Several men were already convicted before, they were sentenced to seven months.