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| Hundreds in mass brawl at Moscow cemetery, 2 killed, National Guard deployed (VIDEO) | |
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| Up to 400 people took part in a mass brawl at a Moscow cemetery, most of them reportedly migrants, armed with bats, sticks, and metal bars. At least two people have been killed in the fight, the Investigative Committee said. | |
| Gunfire was heard at the scene. Police and National Guard forces intervened to deal with the fight. | |
| According to the latest Interior Ministry data, two people have died and 10 have been injured in the fracas. | |
| Some 50 people have been detained, while three tried to flee the scene in a car. They ran over and killed two people. | |
| "Police have found and seized firearms at the scene. The conflict has been contained and arrests continue," the Interior Ministry told TASS. | "Police have found and seized firearms at the scene. The conflict has been contained and arrests continue," the Interior Ministry told TASS. |
| During the search operation at the cemetery, police reportedly found the body of a third victim, a law enforcement source told Russian media. | |
| About 200 people have been participating in the fight, which was taking place at the front entrance to the Khovanskoe cemetery, officials say. Other sources place the number at up to 400. | |
| Two people received gunshot wounds, and 13 were hospitalized with other injuries. | |
| Initial reports that a police officer was killed while trying to intervene in the fight have not been confirmed by police officials. | |
| The shooting and the elevated security in the area caused massive traffic jams near the cemetery. People posted footage from the scene, with the sounds of shooting heard in the distance. | |
| "When we were approaching the cemetery, there was only a small traffic jam, with the police gathering nearby. We drove past the cemetery, and started hearing gunshots, but we didn’t pay much attention. And when we were going back, the shots stopped, but the cars along the roads had broken windows. We drove on, and saw some 50 migrants lying on the ground, surrounded by special forces, and medics were carrying a dead body," a witness told Komsomolskaya Pravda radio. | |
| The conflict at the cemetery didn't happen due to nationality issues, but because of a turf war, the Interior Ministry told Interfax. | |
| “They came and told us, ‘You’d be working for us’. You’ll give us the whole sum, and we’ll give you back 10 percent. We didn’t agree, so they arrived, all armed, about 100 people, and shot people dead, just for that money,” one of the injured told LifeNews. | |
| A cemetery employee told RIA Novosti the attack had been "planned long ago." "They entered from all sides and beat everyone up and shot at cars, right in front of the clients," he said. | |
| Among the seized weapons, are several assault rifles, reportedly out of service, used to frighten the 'enemy'. However, police discovered other lethal and non-lethal weapons. | |
| The entire cemetery is now covered in brick debris, and shell casings of bullets are scattered everywhere. | |
| This was the first time the newly formed National Guard has been deployed, with 200 special forces servicemen participating in the operation. | |
| The Khovanskoye cemetery is in outskirts of Moscow to the southwest. |