Police sweep through Bethlehem church to break up scuffles between rival clerics – video

 
guardian.co.uk
Wednesday 28 December 2011
 

Palestinian police are called to the Church of Nativity after rival groups of clergymen clash in a dispute over jurisdiction inside the basilica. Up to 100 Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic priests and monks, armed with brooms, came to blows while cleaning the West Bank church in preparation for Orthodox Christmas celebrations.
 

 

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