Dutch PM says ‘deeply ashamed’ at Amsterdam clashes

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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Friday condemned as a “terrible anti-Semitic attack” the previous night’s violence against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam and declared himself “deeply ashamed”.

“It is a terrible anti-Semitic attack. We will not tolerate (it). We will prosecute the perpetrators. And I am deeply ashamed that this could happen in the Netherlands in 2024,” Schoof told reporters on the sidelines of an EU managers. ‘ meeting in Budapest.

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