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Monday, 29 August 2016 - 09:06

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Sex worker, pedestrian beaten in Amsterdam Red Light District

The Amsterdam police arrested a man for assaulting several people in the Red Light District on Saturday. According to the police, the man lost it in a business in Molensteeg on Saturday afternoon. He severely assaulted a person and walked out. Outside he punched a prostitute in a window brothel in the face, before running away. In his flight the man pushed and punched several bystanders along his way. The police managed to track the man down though surveillance cameras in the Red Light District. He was arrested. While being transferred to the police station, the man assaulted a police officer and spat on another.

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