By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-14 11:01:40 | Updated at 2024-11-25 00:05:11
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Dutch authorities on Thursday said they were investigating reports of police violence against pro-Palestinian protesters after a banned rally on Wednesday evening had been broken up.
The Amsterdam police said on X that they were aware of online footage, which seemed to show police officers beating protesters who had already been released after being taken away from the site of the protest.
A total of 281 protesters were detained as they rallied in central Amsterdam on Wednesday in defiance of a ban imposed after violence stemming from a football match between Ajax and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv last week.
Detained protesters were put on buses and were driven to a location on the outskirts of town, where they were released.
A video circulating online, including on X, and seen by Reuters, showed people being hit with batons by police in riot gear, seemingly while they were walking away after they had been released in the port area west of Amsterdam.
