Five hurt in violence

ISRAELI football fans have been attacked after a match in Amsterdam, with five people admitted to hospital and 62 arrested, Dutch police said.

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It was not clear how the violence began. Dutch and Israeli leaders denounced the violence as antisemitic. Video also showed Israeli fans chanting anti-Arab slogans in the streets at some point.

Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema told reporters yesterday that the Dutch counter-terror watchdog said there was no concrete threat to Israeli fans before the game.

Peter Holla, the city's acting police chief, said at the news conference that the fans were "wilfully attacked".

Condemnation of the violence poured in from Jewish groups.

Israel's foreign minister left on an urgent diplomatic trip to the Netherlands.