DEVELOPING STORY:
Chaos At 770: A chaotic scene at the Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights, after Bochurim ripped wooden panels to prevent a cement truck from sealing off the recently discovered tunnels.
The NYPD are on scene, and 770 will be closed shortly to regain control.
Here's how it all started.
Bochurim ripped wooden panels to prevent a cement truck from sealing off the recently discovered tunnels.
They then went inside the tunnel and started to learn.
The NYPD was immediately called.
The Bochurim refused to leave the tunnels.
Community leaders were called in to help defuse the tense situation.
"I want to clear the whole Shul (Synagogue) out, they want to fix this tonight."
-NYPD officer.
There was pushing and shoving, and definitely a tense situation, but no arrests have been made as of now.
Rabbi Braun Condemns Bochurim’s Vandalism in 770.
Rabbi Yosef Braun, Rov of the Crown Heights Beis Din, condemned in the strongest words the bochurim who have breached the walls of 770.
"Whose hand did not shake and tremble when they went and touched those walls, when they took a hammer to those walls?"
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#BREAKING
Ten people arrested after a scuffle with the NYPD took place inside 770.
The tunnels were dug (illegally) about 6 months ago, in an attempt to expand the iconic Synagogue.
Read the full story here:
crownheights.info/chabad-news/84…
Update: The doors to 770 are now locked. Anyone still inside should leave immediately.
Arrests continue inside 770 as NYPD officers continue to pull Bochurim from inside the tunnel.
A secret entrance to the tunnels.
The scene outside 770 in Crown Heights.
STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS
The Chabad-Lubavitch community is pained by the vandalism of a group of young agitators who damaged the synagogue below Chabad Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway Monday night.
These odious actions will be investigated, and the sanctity of the synagogue will be restored. Our thanks to the NYPD for their professionalism and sensitivity.
We are grateful for the outpouring of concern, and for the support of our Chabad-Lubavitch institutions around the world.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky
Chairman
Footage of the tunnel that was dug from an abandoned men's Mikvah (ritual bath house) into the 770 Chabad headquarters.
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