An unnamed source told TASS that the body of a third person killed in the fight was found on the cemetery grounds.
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Three people died from gunshot wounds during the brawl at Khovanskoye cemetery in southwestern Moscow that involved as many as 200 people, a lot of them reportedly migrants, armed with bats, sticks, and metal bars.
Footage shown on the TV news channel LifeNews showed dozens of men armed with staves or steel bars in running battles inside the cemetery and at its entrance.
Two people died after a auto fleeing the chaotic scene crashed into them, police said.
Two hundred people were involved in what police said may have been a dispute over jobs.
At least 23 of the brawlers were injured in the brutal melee, four of whom were rushed to a local hospital in serious condition, health officials said. It’s not clear how the third slain victim was killed.
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Police say the brawl is believed to have started over who controls providing burial services at the sprawling cemetery in southwest Moscow. She said the three people in the vehicle, who were armed with pistols, were among more than 50 people detained by police.
