One of the youngsters who were involved yesterday in name-calling and spitting on a gay couple in Amsterdam-East, reported to the police station. It is a 15-year-old boy. He was arrested as a suspect and is heard.
The couple was on the way to the supermarket when they were called “cancer homos”. The two tried to talk to the group of young people, but when the atmosphere became increasingly aggressive, they decided to call the police. When it arrived, the group had already left. Later, two of the youngsters returned and one of the men spat.
Other stakeholders
The images of the incident are circulating online. The police speak of “violent images” and say they take the incident “very seriously”.
The police announced via Twitter that the investigation into other involved parties is continuing. They are called upon to report.
Interview with vlogger
In an interview with vlogger Youness Ouaali, who has performed several times in recent years discredited, the 15-year-old suspect tells his side of the story. “We were there with a few guys and would go to the store. It was closed eventually. Then two gays walked by and they looked a bit long. Then they said something to Muslims that we are obsessed with them. There someone said what of. “
One of the boys, according to the 15-year-old, was wrongly approached by him. “Apparently he thought I was saying it. He pushed me, grabbed his camera and started filming. The emotions ran high. Then I also picked up my phone to film. I called them names, but that’s also because I was blackened. I have nothing against gay people. “
The boy says he did not touch the couple. The kicking movements that can be seen in the images, he said, were meant to “keep a distance”. Nor does he say he was the one who spat.
Ouaali has finished the conversation YouTube page placed.
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