Dutch prosecutors have allegedly dismissed multiple criminal complaints involving Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters after surveillance footage from Amsterdam’s metro system—potentially key evidence—was discovered to have been deleted due to equipment replacement and short retention policies, according to NOS.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) confirmed it has dropped two separate investigations into violent incidents involving Maccabi supporters that took place around a match against Ajax in November last year. The incidents occurred in the metro system, where confrontations broke out between groups of supporters and counter-protesters. Footage that could have supported the allegations was reportedly not preserved, the OM said Sunday.
Transport company GVB acknowledged that the video recordings were lost because recording devices were replaced on November 12—five days after the unrest in the city. “Unfortunately, this necessary replacement, combined with a limited retention period, resulted in the footage no longer being available,” a GVB spokesperson said. The company added that although the standard retention period is one week, recordings are sometimes saved for less time.
It’s impressive that Mossad have the capacity to smuggle drones into Iran and do this at the same time.
Well that seems suspiciously convenient.
Public transport ereased the footage because nothing noteworthy must have happened during those messages of Pogroms in Amsterdam.
Two women had filed complaints linked to the November 2023 incidents. One woman said she was assaulted at Centraal Station after shouting “Free Palestine” toward a group of Israeli supporters headed to the stadium. She reported being hit, spat on, and pulled by her hair.
According to her complaint, police were present but failed to intervene. The OM confirmed there were officers at the location but said they were engaged in general surveillance, not responding to any specific report. The incident was not officially registered by police, and no record of it exists in their system.
Totally normal behavior. Imagine if it would have been the other way around! Everyone would have totally not lost their marbles and made this an international incident with the head of state having to step down, right? RIGHT?
ps: I still cant get over your username. It is a real gem.
