KJ Riot על הגה"צ ר' יחזקאל ראטה

North support from Curious it began as a peaceful visit and ended in violence Rabbi Michael Roth came to curious Joel last night to celebrate with Joseph Waldman and his followers that's when an angry mob showed up and trouble started this is an ongoing thing with the only weapon is against us is T upon T overnight when we go to sleep we wake up in the morning all our ties have been fles I'm standing in the spot where the r took place now some of the eyewitnesses have told me there were literally hundreds of protesters yelling and screaming from the trees and the road below at one point they threw eggs and when that ran out they threw rocks a rock similar to this one with sharp Jagged edges struck waldman's brother in the face breaking his nose in two places Waldman captured the violence live with a home video recorder you can see his brother Solomon on the ground clutching his bloody face cars were covered with eggs and windows smashed Waldman in those responsible are the followers of his rival Rabbi Aaron tidle bomb tidle bomb and other Village officials couldn't be reached for comment curious Joel is a curious Place The Village has been caught up in a religious power struggle for some time there's a continuing uh dispute in the village there are there are two segments of the community down there that have some uh uh religious disputes over who the leadership of the SAR sect should be there's also an issue over the public school which has been profiled and uh uh so there are some issues that continue to be divisive in that Community the investigation is just underway and several arrests have been made what the future holds is uncertain in Curious Joel Nolan North tza tonight