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| Moscow cemetery brawl: Three dead and 90 arrested | |
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| 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. | 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. | Russian news reports said up to 200 people took part in the brawl at the south-west Khovanskoye cemetery. |
| Police said two of the victims died after being run over by a car as people escaped from the scene. | Police said two of the victims died after being run over by a car as people escaped from the scene. |
| Police spokeswoman Sofya Khotina said the three people in the car, who were armed with pistols, were arrested. | Police spokeswoman Sofya Khotina said the three people in the car, who were armed with pistols, were arrested. |
| The brawlers fired guns and fought with shovels, shovel handles, steel bars and baseball bats, Russian news reports said. | The brawlers fired guns and fought with shovels, shovel handles, steel bars and baseball bats, Russian news reports said. |
| More than 90 people were arrested, according to police. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. |