Brawl at Moscow Cemetery Over Burial Service Business Leaves 3 Dead

Three people were killed and two dozen injured at Moscow’s largest cemetery Saturday in a brawl between ethnic groups, NBC News reported.

Witnesses said the fight, involving about 200 people at the Khovanskoye cemetery in southwest Moscow, was over control of the lucrative burial service business. Some of those involved used weapons, according to witnesses. 

Riot police broke up the fight, taking more than 90 people into custody. The Moscow city health department reported three people had been killed and 23 hospitalized, including four gravely hurt. 

Migrants are struggling to find work as Russia’s economy gets hit with Western sanctions and low prices for its oil exports.

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