Amsterdam sends SMS investigation appeal to citizens

The Rotterdam-Rijnmond police sent 17,000 people, SMS messages on Tuesday requesting their help track down the hooligans involved in the riot on the day of the Feyenoord-Ajax football match last April, reports Expatica.

"The SMS read: "During the football riots on 17 April 2005 you were in the vicinity of stadium De Kuip. The police are looking into this incident and ask for your assistance. See: www.politie-rijnmond.nl."

The police received the telephone numbers but not the names of the owners of the mobiles".

emily | 12:35 PM | Citizens as Informants |
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