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Moscow cemetery brawl: Two dead and 50 arrested Moscow cemetery brawl: Three dead and 50 arrested
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Two people have been killed in a mass brawl at a Moscow cemetery, apparently in a dispute about jobs, police say. Three people have been killed and 23 taken to hospital after a mass brawl at a Moscow cemetery, apparently sparked by a dispute about jobs, police say.
Russian news reports said up to 200 people took part in the brawl at the south-west Khovanskoye cemetery, the largest in the city. Russian news reports said up to 200 people took part in the brawl at the south-west Khovanskoye cemetery.
Police said the victims died after being run over by others trying to escape the scene in their cars. Police said two of the victims died after being run over by a car as people escaped from the scene.
The Russian interior ministry said more than 50 people were arrested, Russia's Interfax news agency reported. Police spokeswoman Sofya Khotina said the three people in the car, who were armed with pistols, were arrested.
The ministry also confirmed that the fight involved firearms, although there were no reports of shooting injuries. The brawlers fired guns and fought with shovels, shovel handles, steel bars and baseball bats, Russian news reports said.
Police spokeswoman Sofya Khotina said police believe the brawl was caused by a territorial dispute between two different groups of cemetery workers. More than 50 people were arrested in total, according to Russia's interior ministry.
She said both of those killed were involved in the brawl, correcting earlier reports that one had been a police officer.
Russia media reports said the ethnic groups from ex-Soviet Central Asia and the Caucasus were fighting over the cemetery's lucrative services business.
Reports said police officers fired into the air in an attempt to quell the violence.Reports said police officers fired into the air in an attempt to quell the violence.
Police believe the brawl was caused by a territorial dispute between two different groups of workers, fighting over the cemetery's lucrative services business.
Reports said they were from ethnic groups from ex-Soviet Central Asia and the Caucasus.
The Khovanskoye cemetery is a massive 200-hectare (500-acre) site on Moscow's southwestern outskirts.The Khovanskoye cemetery is a massive 200-hectare (500-acre) site on Moscow's southwestern outskirts.