(Reuters) – Security in the Norwegian city of Bodo will be substantially increased ahead of Bodo/Glimt’s Europa League home match against Maccabi Tel-Aviv in January, local police have said.
At least five people went to hospital during unrest in Amsterdam when fans of the visiting Israeli side were attacked in the city centre after the team’s 5-0 defeat by Ajax Amsterdam in the Europa League on Thursday.
The city of Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days after attacks on Maccabi fans by groups shouting anti-Israeli slurs, with riot police intervening, while some Maccabi supporters were also seen chanting anti-Arab slogans and pulling down Palestinian flags from homes.
Bodo/Glimt will host Maccabi at the Aspmyra Stadium in the seventh round of matches on Jan. 23.
“More resources are being allocated by the police not only in terms of visible street presence but also through intelligence efforts before the match,” Deputy Chief of Staff in the Nordland Police District, Cathrin Nerhus Lewin, told Norwegian broadcaster NRK on Saturday.
“We will be in contact with the football clubs, and intelligence is closely involved with us.”
Maccabi’s away match against Besiktas on Nov. 28 was already due to be played at a yet to be determined neutral venue.
(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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