A Dutch court sentenced five men on Tuesday for their part in last month’s crime violence against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam that shocked the world and sparked accusations of anti-Semitism.

The Amsterdam District Court found them guilty of a range of crimes from punching Maccabi Tel Aviv fans in the street to inciting violence in chat groups.

The maximum sentence was six months in prison for a man identified as Sefa O. for public violence against several people.

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans came under hit-and-run attacks in the early hours of November 8 after a Europa League match against Amsterdam giants Ajax.

Images of the violence, which left five fans briefly hospitalised, have traveled the world and sparked outrage in Israel – including accusations of a “pogrom”.

The most serious case under review on Tuesday was that of O., who prosecutors said played a “leading role” in the violence.

The court saw images of a man identified as O. kicking a person on the ground, chasing targets and punching people in the head and body.

The prosecutor said the beatings had “little to do” with football, but added that “in this case there was no evidence of … terrorist intent and that the violence was not motivated by anti-Semitic feelings.”

“They influenced the violence the situation in Gazaand not anti-Semitism,” said the prosecutor.

The attacks followed two days of clashes in which Maccabi fans chanted anti-Arab songs, destroyed a taxi and burned a Palestinian flag.

Police said they were investigating at least 45 people over the violence, including that carried out by fans of the Israeli club.

Another man, identified as Umutcan A., 24, received a one-month sentence for attacking fans and violently ripping off a Maccabi scarf from one of them.

Prosecutors sought harsher sentences against the men – up to two years in O’s case.

The judge said that people convicted of such crimes would normally have to serve community service. However, the court believes that, considering the gravity of the crime and the context in which it was committed, only a prison sentence is appropriate,” she said.

Only one of the five men was in court to hear the verdicts, an AFP reporter saw.

The 22-year-old, identified as Abushabab M., 22, faces a charge of attempted murder, but his case has been delayed while he undergoes psychiatric treatment.

He was born in the Gaza Strip and grew up in a war zone, his lawyer told the court, as M sat sobbing as his case was heard.

Six more suspects are due to appear at a later date.

Three of these suspects are minors and their cases will be heard behind closed doors.

In an emotionally charged press conference the morning after the riots, Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said the city had been “deeply damaged” by “hateful anti-Semitic rioters”.

However, Halsema later said she regretted drawing a parallel between the violence and “memory of the pogroms”, saying the word was used as propaganda.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the violence at the time as a “premeditated anti-Semitic attack”.