The authorities of New York evacuated the inhabitants of the building located next to the synagogue, where the illegally dug underground tunnel was discovered.
The authorities of the metropolis evacuated the inhabitants of the building due to damage to its foundation.
Notification of the municipality of evacuation was posted on the door of a building adjacent to the synagogue belonging to the Jewish organization Chabad Lubavitch, located in the Jewish quarter of Brooklyn Krown-Haits.
Employees of the New York Police Department cordoned off the area nearby to the synagogue.
Police officers continue to investigate the incident with illegal tunnels. Questions about why the tunnels were secretly dug under the synagogue still remain unanswered.
Earlier, during the police raid to the Synagogue of the Jewish organization Chabad Lubavitch, located in the Brooklyn Khights quarter, illegally dug tunnels were discovered under the building.
The local authorities decided to block the tunnels, and a car with cement came to the synagogue. A group of Jews protested the decision of the authorities.