By Phil McCausland
Nine members of a New York Hasidic Jewish community have been arrested and charged over a secret tunnel that connected to a historic synagogue.
They fought police after city officials and leaders of the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters came to close the tunnel.
The men are charged with criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and obstructing governmental administration.
A spokesperson for the Chabad called them a "group of extremist students".
The tunnels were built under a prominent street in Brooklyn, where the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters are located. The building is one of the most significant Jewish sites in the city.
City inspectors were called to the Chabad on Monday to conduct an emergency structural inspection. There were looming concerns that the illegal tunnel could have caused damage to the famous property.
A brawl broke out after police found a group of young men blocking efforts to inspect and fill the tunnel with cement. Some of the men then broke through the wall of the prayer space. Those acts led to the arrests.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, the chairman of the Chabad, thanked police for their efforts and said the community was "pained by the vandalism of a group of young agitators".
"These odious actions will be investigated, and the sanctity of the synagogue will be restored," he said.
It is unclear who built the tunnel, how they did it and what their motivations were. It appears the tunnel connects to at least one other building on the street in Brooklyn.
One local told the New York Times that the men sought to build the tunnel to hasten the expansion of the synagogue.
Some members who have attended services and functions at the Chabad have reportedly complained about overcrowding in the building in recent years.
Illegal New York synagogue tunnel leads to 9 arrests - BBC News
Czyżby tą iskrą z Polski był wyczyn z gaśnicą posła Grzegorza Brauna? 
Nowojorska administracja zalewa betonem tunele sekty żydowskiej Chabad Lubawicz w Nowym Jorku pod synagogą Co za antysemici 
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