The lead prosecutor in a criminal case against a perpetrator in the Amsterdam soccer pogrom denied that antisemitism as a motivation of the attacks, during arguments in court.

The prosecution is seeking two years in prison for a defendant, identified as Sefa O., who played a “leading role” in the widespread violence against Maccabi Tel Aviv fans.

The attack in early November saw mobs of Muslim residents of Amsterdam – primary of Arab and Turkish origin – target Israeli soccer fans who had traveled to the city for a game.