“Hit-And-Run Squads Set Up, Addresses Shared…” How Amsterdam “Pogrom” Was Planned On Telegram

Violent attacks against Maccabi Tel Aviv fans following a soccer match in Amsterdam on Thursday evening left several Israelis wounded and were likely to have been a result of a pre-planned attack against Jews organized in a Telegram group, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported on Friday.

An alleged "Jew hunt" was announced well in advance in the messaging app Telegram, prompting rioters to travel from far outside Amsterdam to attack Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and Jewish people, De Telegraaf reported.

Already on Wednesday nights, Amsterdam's city centre had been the site of similar incidents, the Dutch paper noted.

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