The now deleted video shows how late at night a group of men enter Venserpolder station, the Amsterdam metro station that is not far from the Johan Cruijff Arena. They use spray cans to target a metro train that is driving in.
By keeping different doors open at all times, they manage to prevent the metro train from leaving. Within a few minutes they sprayed the letters ULTRAS over the full height of the carriage, probably a reference to Ultras Amsterdam, one of the names under which Ajax’s most fanatical supporter groups unite.
It is unclear when the video was made. The people behind the Instagram accounts have so far not responded to questions from RTL News. However, one of the channels posted a story on Instagram with the text: “The video was taken offline after RTL caused a commotion.”
There have been reports of recent damage to metro cars due to graffiti, says a spokesperson for the GVB, the Amsterdam transport company, but as far as he can tell, this carriage is not among them.
Lots of damage
The damage caused by graffiti on GVB vehicles amounts to many hundreds of thousands of euros annually, although recent figures are not available. In 2014 it amounted to 650,000 euros. No amount was mentioned in 2017, but it was reported that the number of graffiti expressions had doubled since then.
