The five defendants, who are all Dutch residents and aged between 19 and 32, were accused of public violence, theft and assault.
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00:00Five men have been sentenced by Amsterdam District Court on Tuesday for violence that
00:06erupted around a football match between Ajax and Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv in November.
00:13One man was sentenced to six months in prison, another to two and a half months and two others
00:19to one month each. A fifth defendant received 100 hours of community service. Accused of
00:25public violence, theft and assault. They were all Dutch residents and aged between
00:3019 and 32 years old. The incidents left five people in hospital, 20 others with minor injuries
00:37and more than 60 people were detained. According to an investigation the day before the game,
00:42authorities reported several incidents, including Israeli fans tearing a Palestinian flag from
00:48an Amsterdam building and attacking a taxi. One widely circulated video showed attackers
00:55chanting anti-Israeli slurs, whilst another captured football fans chanting anti-Arab
01:00slogans before the match.