Mob of teens storms Times Square Scientology church amid viral ‘speed running’ trend
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A mob of rowdy teens stormed a Big Apple Scientology church Saturday afternoon, trashing the property and injuring a security guard amid a nationwide rash of similar viral social media stunts, police and sources said.
About 50 unruly youths barreled through a locked side door of the Church of Scientology of New York — which sits just off Times Square on West 46th Street — at around 4:24 p.m., damaging the premises while worshipers and visitors were attending a seminar, according to cops, police sources and the church.
They also kicked a 30-year-old man, believed to be a security guard, who was walloped in the leg and sustained minor injuries.
About 50 unruly teens barreled through the side door of the Church of Scientology of New York at 227 West 46th Street Saturday afternoon.
The rampaging teens — whose act resembled the “speed running” trend that has seen similar invasions at Scientology locations in Los Angeles — also hurled a racial slur at another staffer, the church said.
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