Who will bury anyone

As a result of a mass fight at the Khovansky cemetery, three people were killed, another 26 suffered Interfax. About 90 participants in the fight were detained.

A source in medical circles said that half of the victims of firearms. "At the moment, 26 victims have been hospitalized in various hospitals in the city in a serious, extremely serious and satisfactory condition. 13 of them have gunshot wounds," the source said. He noted that the number of deaths as a result of injuries may increase.

"A firearm was seized from the scene." - said the head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow Sofya Khotin. She emphasized that there were no police officers among the dead and injured. Earlier, a source in emergency services of the city reported that a police officer died in the Khovansky cemetery.

"The police managed to detain the three suspects in the murder of two people. Attackers tried to escape from the scene in the car and crushed two participants in the incident," said Khina.

According to Khotina, the head of the metropolitan police Anatoly Yakunin arrived at the scene. "Police General Anatoly Yakunin is on the spot. He emphasized that law enforcement agencies will do everything possible to establish all participants in the conflict," said Khina.

The representative of the capital's head of the Investigative Committee, Alexei Nikitin, said that the information was instituted with a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code (killing two or more persons).

A fight with shooting took place near the central entrance to the cemetery. "Today, a conflict took place in the Khovansky cemetery, in which about 400 people took part. According to preliminary information, the conflict occurred due to the distribution of the cemetery service areas," Khotina said . According to her, the police forces were transferred to the place of the incident, operational reserves were involved, the territory of the cemetery was completely numb.

A source in law enforcement agencies said that the mass fight occurred between representatives of two ethnic groups. On the one hand, immigrants from the Russian Caucasus participated in the fight, on the other - visitors from the Central Asian republics.

Detained in the Khovansky cemetery. Shooting Yuri Timofeev