Updated On: 11 January, 2024 05:21 AM IST | New York | Agencies
Officials and locals said young men in the community recently built the passage to the sanctuary in secret

The police said the tunnel was built in secret. Pic/AP
A historic Brooklyn synagogue that serves as the center of an influential Hasidic Jewish movement was trashed during a community dispute that began with the discovery of a secret underground tunnel and ended in brawl between worshippers and police.
The conflict erupted in the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Crown Heights, a deeply revered Jewish site that each year receives thousands of visitors, including international students and religious leaders.