The capital’s police chief said that 2,500 officers would be deployed around the Stade de France stadium in addition to 1,500 others around Paris and on public transportation.
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00:00Paris police have said that 4,000 officers will be deployed for a France vs. Israel football
00:07match to ensure security a week after violence erupted in Amsterdam.
00:12France and Israel are playing in a UEFA Nations League match on Thursday that French President
00:17Emmanuel Macron will attend.
00:20Paris' police chief said that 2,500 officers would be deployed around the Stade de France
00:25in addition to 1,500 others around Paris and on public transportation.
00:31Laurent Nunez said an anti-terrorist security perimeter would be set up around the stadium
00:36and that police won't tolerate any violence.
00:40Nunez also said that French organizers have been in contact with Israeli authorities and
00:45security forces in order to prepare for the match.
00:49It comes after violence erupted in Amsterdam on Thursday following an Ajax vs. Maccabi
00:54Tel Aviv game.
00:56Video circulating online ahead of the match showed a large crowd of Israeli fans chanting
01:01anti-Arab slurs on their way to the stadium.
01:04Afterwards, youths on scooters went in search of Israeli fans, punching and kicking them
01:09in attacks apparently inspired by calls on social media to target Jewish people.
01:14Five people were treated at hospitals and dozens were arrested after the attacks, which
01:19were condemned as anti-Semitic by authorities in Amsterdam, Israel and across Europe.
01:24On Sunday, Dutch police detained several people for taking part in a demonstration in central
01:29Amsterdam that had been forbidden following the violence.