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Inter-Ethnic Brawl in Moscow


(June 5, 2008)

Almost 200 young men, one side made up of ethnic Russians, the other of people from the Caucasus, brawled in the Moscow neighborhood of Marino, according to a June 4, 2008 report by the Sova Information-Analytical Center. The Russian side was made up mostly of soccer hooligans and claimed that their opponents shot at them and threw bottles, causing several injuries. Police detained between 5-10 people; around 15 ended up in the hospital.


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