Hasidic Jews, arrested one by one at the exit of a secret tunnel dug under a Brooklyn synagogue... The bizarre scene unfolded Monday night at 770 Eastern Parkway, the world headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch community in New York, USA. For more than a year, young believers have reportedly created a 6-meter-wide passageway between the synagogue and a building housing former women's baths. Their motive? It remains unknown.
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When their business was unmasked by neighbors, Rabbi Braun decided to plug the tunnel. But when the construction crew arrived on the scene, some youths intervened and tried to reopen the passage with hammers, forcing the police to intervene. Clashes erupted amid a conflict between the synagogue's leadership and members of the Chabad-Lubavitch group. A dozen people were arrested, ten of whom were charged with obstructing the administration and disturbing public order.