Overview
- The Manhattan church, breached Saturday around 4:24 p.m., saw property damage and a 30-year-old guard kicked in the leg.
- NYPD says a group forced a locked side door during a seminar and fled before officers arrived, and the case remains open.
- Verified videos show intruders moving through hallways, objects thrown, fire extinguisher smoke at the entrance, and a knife falling to the ground before someone picked it up.
- The Church of Scientology says it is cooperating with detectives and providing video evidence, and it called the incident a coordinated act inside a house of worship.
- Vancouver police dispersed a crowd of 250 to 300 on Saturday, detained and released a 16-year-old, and warned that forcing entry or damaging property can result in break-and-enter, mischief, or assault charges.