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The incident ultimately ended with the arrest of 10 rioters and the temporary shuttering of the synagogue.
Chaotic scenes unfolded at a synagogue in New York on Monday when a group of Jewish men clashed with construction workers attempting to fill an illegally dug tunnel, the Guardian reported. The tunnel was discovered at the world headquarters of the Hasidic movement Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, in the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Crown Heights. The tunnel spanned from under the women's section of the synagogue to a mikvah -- a Jewish ritual cleansing bath. 🚨BREAKING: Underground tunnels were discovered under the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in New York.The secret underground tunnel was found after someone started hearing people in their home.It is believed the tunnels were made in the past several months in an attempt… pic.twitter.com/OpStNn9GhP Why is their a baby highchair in that tunnel???? pic.twitter.com/JKsG4rzUTn Some time ago, a group of extremist students, broke through a few walls in adjacent properties to the synagogue at 784-788 Eastern Parkway, to provide them unauthorized access. Earlier today, a cement truck was brought in to repair those walls. Those efforts were disrupted by the…
According to the New York Police Department, the group unlawfully entered 770 Eastern Parkway by damaging a wall and tried to stop construction crews from filling in the tunnel. The incident ultimately ended with the arrest of 10 rioters and the temporary shuttering of the synagogue.
Videos that have gone viral on social media show men at the synagogue clashing with police officers and workers. They were also seen damaging the synagogue, pulling down the wood paneling, and throwing prayer benches at police officers. The video also showed a Hasidic man climbing out of what appeared to be a sewer system around the corner from the facility.
