Police violence probed after Amsterdam pro-Palestinian protest

Dutch police said on Thursday that they have opened an inquiry into alleged police brutality during and after a banned pro-Palestinian protest in Amsterdam in which 281 demonstrators were detained. - www.news24.com

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Dutch police are investigating alleged brutality during a banned pro-Palestinian protest in Amsterdam. Social media footage shows riot police hitting protesters after their release from a bus. The protest followed attacks on Israeli football fans, sparking outrage and highlighting rising tensions in Europe.

Social media footage showed riot police shouting at protesters and hitting them with batons after they were released from a bus on the outskirts of the Dutch capital following Wednesday night's protest, AFP reported. Several hundred demonstrators, dressed in Palestinian scarfs and chanting slogans, gathered on the city's famous Dam Square despite a ban following last week's attacks on Israeli football fans. The city did grant an exemption for a protest on Wednesday, but on the condition that it occur at the.



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