Visitors shuffle through a secret underground passage leading from the wardrobe of a Sea Tiger leader to his garden.

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An employee at one of the churches told AFP news agency that people inside the church had fought back with sticks, but that the attacker had tried to escape through an underground passage.

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Scooping the sand with their bare hands and Frisbees, they created an underground passage about 10 feet wide and 7 feet deep.

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At the same time, they built an entirely new building behind the palace, and the hotel occupies both edifices, which are connected both by an underground passage and a private walled park-like plaza.

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