jewish communities have rebuilt their culture for many centuries and have merged their culture in amsterdam. the war in the middle east also has threatened the peace in our city. there was a terrible anti—semitic outburst in our city and i wish i would never say this again in the city. on the behalf of the city council i can only condemn this and particularly the violence that took place. among jewish citizens in amsterdam there is a lot of fear and anger and we

would like to do everything possible to make sure that jewish people can live in amsterdam safely. in this press conference we will not be able to give you answers to all the incidents that have taken place last night and yesterday. we are trying to come up with an overview of everything that happened last night, early this morning i contacted the party leaders of the amsterdam city council and is asked us to communicate together in a special meeting coming on tuesday. what we can say is what we know now and the measures we have taken and how the police have tried to maintain the safety and protected the jewish fans and what we will do in the coming days and it has also been decided to start an independent research over the events of the

last couple of days and how the police has handled it. so, yesterday night there was the europa league game between maccabi haifa and i axe. in general let me say that the macquarie— fans are not viewed as a risk group with uefa, the police or in europe, so in general dogma cabbie haifa fans are quite calm and are not out to riots and there was no animosity between i acts and the cabbie haifa supporters. it was a very friendly relationship, so in football terms there was no high risk, but of course four weeks we had been aware of the political situation in which this match will take place and for this a

couple of weeks ago i also contacted our director of terrorism to consult with him. the mc tv -- mc tv terrorism to consult with him. the mc tv —— mc tv also reflected on the night of the broken glass that was going to take place on the same day which would increase the issue. there were no concrete threats before this match between the players or the fans, but it was recommended to take measures so that everything would go as peacefully and calmly as possible and we tried to do that.

we have had extra police available in several areas in amsterdam and last night these areas were still under scrutiny until six o'clock this morning and some new areas have been added, such as hotel to have been added to this list where we have had more police available. so we have had extra security at hotels for fans and players. more than 800 police and six riot police teams were at hand to control any risks, officers, dogs, and also police units were active. before, we

also asked the dutch football association and uefa that they had to tell their members that this is a football match and not have them be provoked. so demonstrations were moved to other areas in the city away from the dayak stadium. —— ajax stadium. we immediately stepped in when individuals and groups were starting to riots. supporters have also been placed in a special protection

zone and ajax also employed more staff so people that came into the stadium were searched and not last night but the night before there were some incidents between supporters and a taxi driver, and then we also reached out to the association of taxi drivers and taxi platforms such as uber and it was asked to make sure that everybody would stay calm and not look for confrontations. we have always been and available and i have been in constant touch with the national coordination of terrorism, and also the prime minister and for now i would like to pass on the work to the commissioner of

police. translation: �* , police. translation: a ., . translation: as police commissioner _ translation: as police commissioner of - translation: as police - commissioner of amsterdam i am looking back on 36 hours that really shocked me. supporters from israel have seen some fearful moments, they have been attacked and some of them have been abused in a terrible way. i would like to express my sympathy and support to the injured, to all supporters who have not felt safe. the protection of these people is our highest priority, together with trying to find the people who have been involved in these incidents of violence. we are prepared maximally for this event. i am still shocked by what happened last night. and i'm particularly shocked by the fact that we have had one of the largest police actions and

that we were not able to control or prevent this violence. i will now give you more information about what happens in the two nights. we started to consult with the city and the prosecution office to prepare for this day. we have demonstrations that might happen and also the commemoration of the night of broken glass, so we have tried to do our utmost best, so we have had 800 police officers are available and we have had police officers from all over the country to assist. this kind of police action is unimaginable for the amsterdam police. we have had riot

police, police forces, football units and of course also at the stadium itself. when you look at wednesday it was the nights where incidents happened all the time and we were close by on these incidents. the cabbie haifa supporters, better battery supporters and ajax supporters had riots. the cabbie haifa supporters attacked a taxi, a palestine flag was put on fire. taxi drivers were driving to the casino where 400 israel supporters were there, and he israeli supporters were able to

be transported out by police. we were able to prevent a big confrontation, but there were still small riots around the casino and at around 330 that night it was peaceful again. on the thursday, at one o'clock in the thursday, at one o'clock in the morning, a large group of the morning, a large group of the cabbie haifa supporters gathered at dam square. and it came to incidences. fights, hit—and—run actions and there was also heavy fireworks at dam square, but the police were able to keep the two groups separates. it was all controllable. at the beginning of the evening, the police accompanied pro—palestine demonstrations and then this

group was divided into several smaller groups at the arena, the stadium, and to keep these groups separate is something that we have had some problems dealing with. ajax fans that try to come to that area have been stopped. after the match, around 11, the situation around the stadium was quiet, but problems came at a later time. in cabbie haifa supporters were walking through the city centre and rioters made hit and run actions targeted at the israeli supporters. from that, serious abuses took place and for the

police it is extremely difficult to maintain this kind of violence. even though we were there in great numbers. at a certain point the police decided to assemble them a cabbie haifa supporters and protect them, and the supporters were transported to the hotels, but with coaches. then police came back into the city. when you look at the injuries, five people were injured and treated in hospital, and they were able to leave the hospital this morning and 20—30 haifa supporters were likely injured. we have received a lot of questions about missing the cabbie haifa supporters from israeli supporters. we have no information that there are other were missing people, but

we will take these messages very seriously and we will look into it. and now several supporters that were missing have been retrieved again, so they had been in touch with theirfamilies. there they had been in touch with their families. there are they had been in touch with theirfamilies. there are no issues at the moment inner—city but i can imagine that israeli people feel unsafe and their welfare is our highest priority. regarding the arrests, i would like to give the word to the public prosecutor was not office. let me just say that i agree with the police commissioner and the mayor. translation: ., mayor. translation: . , translation: that this was terrible anti-semitic - translation: that this was. terrible anti-semitic violence. terrible anti—semitic violence. even though the ambience in the stadium — even though the ambience in the stadium was quite peaceful we

saw that— stadium was quite peaceful we saw that outside of the stadium tensions— saw that outside of the stadium tensions were increasing and there — tensions were increasing and there were problems with violence and during the night this increased. during the afternoon and during the match, around _ afternoon and during the match, around 62 — afternoon and during the match, around 62 arrests were made, ten people are still held, eight _ ten people are still held, eight adults and two minors. these — eight adults and two minors. these men, as they are all men, come _ these men, as they are all men, come all— these men, as they are all men, come all the other people that are arrested have been subpoenaed and finds because of they threw fireworks or were in possession of a knife. the 62

people — possession of a knife. the 62 people are now being investigated by special police team — investigated by special police team. after that basically all hell broke loose and that required a different approach regarding the 62 people. we have — regarding the 62 people. we have a — regarding the 62 people. we have a dedicated team and that starts _ have a dedicated team and that starts by— have a dedicated team and that starts by assembling evidence, talking — starts by assembling evidence, talking to people, maybe people have some videos of what happens, so we would very much like to— happens, so we would very much like to see — happens, so we would very much like to see those. that is so we carr— like to see those. that is so we can find out what really caused _ we can find out what really caused it. we are not trying to look— caused it. we are not trying to look at — caused it. we are not trying to look at the _ caused it. we are not trying to look at the anti—semitic motives as well. maybe there are witnesses that have not yet spoken — are witnesses that have not yet spoken to — are witnesses that have not yet spoken to the police and we would — spoken to the police and we would like to ask those people to come — would like to ask those people to come forward.