BNEI BRAK, Israel (VINnews) — Police escorted Israeli Tax Authority inspectors from a neighborhood in the central city of Bnei Brak on Thursday after a crowd surrounded their vehicle and damaged it during a violent protest.

According to Israeli media reports, the unrest began in the Kiryat Viznitz neighborhood after tax inspectors arrived to conduct inspections in the area. As students left nearby educational institutions, hundreds of people gathered around the inspectors.

Police responded to the scene and safely escorted the inspectors from the neighborhood. No injuries were immediately reported.

The incident followed a similar confrontation in the same neighborhood last week, when tax inspectors also encountered a crowd after arriving for inspections. Police were called to that scene as well, and the inspectors left before completing their work as tensions escalated.

Israeli authorities did not immediately comment on whether any arrests were made or what prompted the inspections.