Different groups of men who belonged to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Jewish community New York County engaged in a heated dispute with police and Jewish community leaders Monday over some illegal tunnels unearthed next to the religious organization's headquarters in the Brooklyn neighborhood.
After the authorities, both the police and the Jews, discovered the existence of the underground passages, a group of “Extremist students” that would be directly related to his excavation They tried to prevent the closure.
They lived, as the pictures that have been circulating on the networks for days show, moments of strong Stress And chaos As a result of the discovery, the police picked up young people hiding there from the tunnels and made their way to them arrestas well as those who fought to prevent the blockade.
He leading rabbi Motti Seligson of Chabad-Lubavitch said there were several groups of “rebellious” students secretly tore down the walls of an empty building located behind the headquarters of the Hasidic community and then created underground tunnels that run through a series of nearby office buildings even a wall of his synagogueand thus remain connected.
The clashes occurred when workers from a construction company were on site and were called out by community leaders Raise the walls again the affected synagogue. The young people involved then began to protest and tried to prevent access from being blocked by their presence.
“These efforts were interrupted by extremists who breached the synagogue wall and destroyed the sanctuary to prevent unauthorized access,” Rabbi Seligson said in a statement to the Guardian.
Currently, The reasons have not been confirmed behind the creation of this network of tunnels in the New York City sewers. Those arrested are accused of criminal conduct, trespassing and obstructing government administration.
The Chabad-Lubavitch religious center has been preserved closed Waiting for the relevant authority to carry out a safety inspection of the condition of the building structure.