Eight men remain in custody in connection with the football violence in Amsterdam a week ago, and police have images of 28 more people they want to interview in connection with the attacks on Israeli supporters and others.

Five people were hospitalised after a night of “hit and run” attacks and 20 to 30 slightly injured, according to official figures. In total, 62 people were arrested on the day and night of the Ajax Maccabi Tel Aviv match, 10 of whom were Maccabi supporters.

Since then police have made nine other arrests, but not all in connection with the violence on the night itself.

One of those in custody reported to the police after his blurred photograph was shown on a television crime show. Four others featured in that programme have until Friday evening to come forward or police will distribute an un-blurred image showing them to the wider public.

The police say they also have 24 other suspects on the list, again based on footage taken of the trouble.

Mayor Femke Halsema has since appealed to parliament to refrain from stirring up problems pending the results of the local police investigation into the violence which is still ongoing.

She made the comments after Wednesday’s debate, during which far-right party leader Geert Wilders called for dual nationals who are found guilty of anti-Semitism to lose their Dutch passports.

On Thursday night, however, Amsterdam city councillors backed a motion that includes mention of the “actual and imminent genocide” in Gaza. Councillors say the aim is “not to fan the flames” but to show that the pro-Palestine demonstrations in the city will continue as long as the cabinet does not distance itself from the violence in Gaza.

The motion is based on a provisional ruling from the International Court of Justice in The Hague. All three coalition parties backed the motion, which was approved by 35 votes to 10.

Cestmocro

Meanwhile, calls by the far right BBB to ban the popular Instagram channel Cestmocro would be censorship, legal experts say.

The BBB says the site, which has 1.1 million followers and covers a mixture of local and international news including Gaza and football, “is brimful of anti-Semitism” and “enormously influential on youngsters”.

But experts say banning the website would be placing very serious limits on freedom of expression. And that means “the freedom to say something on the internet, in a newspaper, or wherever,” media law expert Roeland de Bruin told broadcaster NOS.

Law professor Jan Brouwer said on Thursday night banning an Instagram account would be “going extremely far” and would mean that “you would also be able to ban newspapers.”