ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: A brawl between a marching band and security forces escorting the Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch, broke out on Wednesday (December 24) as the clergymen arrived at Bethlehem's Manger Square to lead Christmas Eve's celebrations.<br/> <br />Footage filmed Ma'an news agency showed Patriarch Fouad Twal hurriedly being escorted away as members of the band, wearing red berets, and security personnel skirmished in the middle of a large crowd.<br/> <br />Later the patriarch can be seen walking unharmed towards the Church of Nativity, built above the grotto where Christians believe Jesus was born<br/> <br />It is not clear what caused the confrontation.<br/> <br />Thousands of pilgrims and dignitaries are expected to flock to Bethlehem in the West Bank for a midnight Christmas Mass.
