- Title: Three killed in ethnic fights at Moscow's largest cemetery
- Date: 14th May 2016
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (MAY 14, 2016) (REUTERS) POLICE TRUCK DRIVING AWAY FROM KHOVANSKOYE CEMETERY GROUNDS POLICE IN FRONT OF CEMETERY VARIOUS OF DETAINED MEN AND POLICE OFFICERS STANDING AT WALL POLICE MONITORING TRAFFIC POLICE SUPERVISING DETAINED, DETAINED PEOPLE SITTING ON GROUND HANDCUFFS ON MAN'S HANDS VARIOUS OF DETAINED PEOPLE LYING ON GROUND POLICE AND DETAINED AT BUS STOP BEHIND CORDON WITHDRAWN OBJECTS LYING ON GROUND VARIOUS OF DETAINED ON BUS STOP VARIOUS OF POLICE SEARCHING CAR ROAD POLICE REGULATING TRAFFIC NEAR SITE VARIOUS OF AMBULANCE CARS DRIVING TOWARDS SITE
- Embargoed: 29th May 2016 17:23
- Keywords: Moscow Russia shootout cemetary
- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA0014HS3SQV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Three people were killed and 23 injured in a mass brawl at Moscow's largest cemetery on Saturday (May 14), Russian news agencies reported, in what police said could be a dispute over jobs there.
Some of about 200 people involved used firearms during the brawl at the Khovanskoye cemetery in southwest Moscow, the RIA news agency said, citing local police. Fifty of them were detained after officers intervened to disperse the fighting crowds.
According to the police version, fighting broke out during conflicts between ethnic groups from ex-Soviet Central Asia competing for some of the cemetery's lucrative services business. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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