Eyewitness report:

A group of 20 or so "סיקריקים" (a term used to describe the young wild zealots) came from Bet shemesh and raided the store which is located on רחוב חבצלת which is off Jaffa road, in the area called "the russian compound", which borders meah shearim.

The store is notorious as a haven for young kids, looking to sin. Around 90% of clientle are Haredim. The store features booths surrounded by dark curtains, which enable other activities to take place aside from using the internet or watching movies.

During the past few weeks the battle was lines were increased, beyond standing outside the doors and intimidating customers and taking pictures of them.

What occured that night was that the zealots came in and started smashing the computers. The owner immediatly locked everyone inside, locking the iron gate and called the police who are headquatered around the corner.

The police came and arrested around 10-20 zealots. The arrests immedietly sparked "riots" on shabbos square and yechezkel st.

The media initialy reported that the haredim were rioting against the concept of Yom Hazikaron, which begun that evening.

The zealots were apparently actng in full cooperation with the rabbi's and the concerned parents, and acted in a way of זכין לאדם שלא בפניו , and actually went in, ready to sit in jail.
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