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What part of "The Macabbi ultras were violent and racist hooligans" did you miss? Also, why not mention what happened after? https://www.washingtonpost.com/in
by amiga386 9mo ago
What part of "The Macabbi ultras were violent and racist hooligans" did you miss?
Also, why not mention what happened after?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/12/18/amsterdam-attacks-israeli-football-fans/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/12/18/ams...
> Over the course of the night, police monitoring Telegram and WhatsApp began to detect “messages of aggression and threats toward Maccabi supporters,” according to a report produced afterward by city authorities. The vandalism of the taxi was “oil on the fire” in a community angered by the city’s decision to let the team play, said driver Mohamed Asri, 31, who was not working but watched the chat messages that night.
> At one point, a worker at Holland Casino tipped off a WhatsApp group that Maccabi fans were outside, according to screenshots of the messages obtained by The Post with usernames redacted. Police said there was a call for taxi drivers to mobilize, and cabs began to amass at the site.
> Maccabi fans ran inside the casino and security closed the doors behind them, according to casino spokesman Ilan Sluis. A bartender across the street said a group of about 50 people tried to break into the casino by rushing the doors for about 25 minutes.
> Kobi Itzajki, 34, a Maccabi fan, had just returned to a hotel when he received a message from a friend at the casino.
> “There’s an antisemitic event here,” read a 3:17 a.m. message, reviewed by The Post. “Turkish Muslims attacked Israelis who fled here. We’re locked inside the casino, bring the police.”
> Altercations took place in other parts of the city, too. A video posted online shortly after 3 a.m. shows a man struggling to swim in an icy canal and being forced to say “Free Palestine.”
> “TOMORROW AFTER THE GAME AT NIGHT PART 2 JEW HUNT,” someone wrote in a WhatsApp group just before 4 a.m.
... and so it goes on. Please read all of it.
- Matl 9mo ago> What part of "The Macabbi ultras were violent and racist hooligans" did you miss? The part where they initiated violence.