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Vol. 5 Num 1043 Wed. May 09, 2007  
   
Sports


Ajax fans arrested


Dutch police arrested around 50 people in Amsterdam late on Monday after Ajax football supporters began smashing shop windows and looting following a ceremony honouring the team's Dutch Cup victory, the ANP news agency reported.

Following the ceremony celebrating the team's Sunday victory over AZ Alkmaar several groups of Ajax supporters headed into the city centre, where they began to throw bricks into shop windows and looting.

Police arrested around 50 people for destruction of property, violence, and refusing to disperse, the Dutch news agency reported.

A ceremony marking Ajax's Dutch Cup victory last year was also followed by violence.