[UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Flatbush – The NYPD is currently on the scene at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin on Coney Island Avenue, and are investigating a suspicious package. The officers have requested the Emergency Services Units (ESU) to respond for assistance. The package is a briefcase and was left next to one of the doors to the building.
The building has been evacuated as a precaution, and the Bomb Squad has been dispatched to the scene.
UPDATE 4:20PM: The Bomb Squad has properly identified the package, and the Yeshiva is returning to the building.
Photos as well further details can be read at FlatbushScoop.com.
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Was this a briefcase inside the rear entrance? I saw it there about 1:45 PM today, but didn’t think twice of it.
Now how about a posting a picture of the bais medrash full with bochurim and yungerleit learning
laytzonay hador omrim posted: “Now how about a posting a picture of the bais medrash full with bochurim and yungerleit learning” – – that’s not newsworthy. As Samuel Clemmons once said, “‘dog bites man’ does not sell papers, ‘man bites dog does.'” Bochrim and yungerleit in the bais medrash learning? Well duh.
Actually, there is a photo posted as soon as the yeshiva returned to the bias madrash.
How about a public apology?
http://www.flatbushscoop.com/photos?album=SuspiciousPackageAtChaimBerlin