Prosecutors called for two years in jail for a man suspected of punching and kicking Israeli football fans in Amsterdam during a night of violence that sparked worldwide shock and accusations of anti-Semitism, AFP reports.

The 22-year-old identified as Sefa O was one of five suspects before an Amsterdam court on charges relating to the chaos in the city following a match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv on November 7.

Maccabi supporters suffered “hit-and-run” attacks in the city centre following calls on social media to target them, prompting allegations from Dutch and Israeli politicians of anti-Semitic motives.

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

O played a “leading role” in the violence which “had little to do with football”, the prosecutor alleged.

However, the prosecutor said: “In this case, there was no evidence of… a terrorist intent and the violence was not motivated by anti-Semitic sentiment.”

“The violence was influenced by the situation in Gaza, not by anti-Semitism,” said the prosecutor. The attacks followed two days of skirmishes that also saw Maccabi fans chant anti-Arab songs, vandalise a taxi and burn a Palestinian flag.