Security minister says fans ‘encountered antisemitism and were attacked with unimaginable cruelty just because of their Jewishness’. Five people injured after football fan attacks, say Amsterdam police 10:14 Police in Amsterdam on Friday said five people had been taken to hospital with injuries after riots erupted in the city centre after an Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football game.

Israel’s foreign ministry said in a statement on social media that the fans were “ambushed” and “brutally attacked,” blaming violent “mobs.” Footage of the incident appears to show people being chased and kicked to the ground, with one video showing passers-by being hit by a car at high speed. The match was fraught from the start.