Sefa Ö he was found to have karate-kicked one victim, causing him to fall onto a moving tram, and was also involved in several other attacks.
Videos emerged at the trial showing him kicking victims in Dam Square, Damrak and Zoutsteg, and prosecutors said he played a leading role in the violence, which had nothing to do with football.
Rashid OThe 26-year-old, who was jailed for 10 weeks, was found to have participated in a WhatsApp chat group called Buurthuis2 in which he referred to the victims as “cowardly” Jews who he would never have the opportunity to attack again.
More than 900 people were in the group and the court said the chat was used to transmit information with the aim of “committing violence against people of Jewish origin and/or supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv”.
Umutkan AIt is established that the 24-year-old, participating in the attack along with other men, kicked one of the victims several times and then kicked another fan to the ground. CCTV footage showed him attacking several Maccabi fans and grabbing one fan by the throat and grabbing his football scarf.
He wrote in message groups about “Jew-hunting” but declared in court that he did not hate Jews.
Karanvir SThe 26-year-old already had an assault conviction in 2022 and the court noted that this did not stop him from taking part in last month’s attacks.
The youngest of five Lucas DThe 19-year-old was found guilty of assaulting a police officer and participating in a separate Snapchat group that called for violence against Maccabi Tel Aviv fans.
All five have two weeks to appeal.
The court stated that at the time of his arrest, he was in possession of an illegal explosive pyrotechnic device “Cobra”. The prosecutor’s office called Lucas D. get a prison term.
Earlier, chief prosecutor René de Bekeler dismissed suggestions that the attacks were terrorism because he said the group’s aim was not to instill fear in the people they targeted.
However, he said there had been instances of anti-Semitism in the messaging group.
“I understand very well that the Jewish community in Amsterdam was frightened by this violence, but that is different from saying that this was the target of the suspects,” he told Amsterdam’s AT5 television earlier this month.
