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02 May 2008 [14:40] - Today.Az
A fight occurred yesterday in the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples in Moscow, involving Armenian, Azerbaijani and Turkish young people.
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APA reports with reference to the press service for the University that representatives of different countries set small tents with the names of their countries and demonstrated various performances.
According to the press service, after an Armenian student came on stage and sang a song, Azerbaijani students accused him saying that this is an Azerbaijani song and started to wave flags and chant "Azerbaijan".
Armenians responded by different kinds of chanting and fist fight started. The law enforcement bodies broke up the crowd to prevent mass fighting.
Other students and administration representatives tried to urge Azerbaijanis and Armenians to calm down and continue the festival. Yet the parties continued to curse each others, in the result of which the university administration decided to stop the festival.
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11:00
The incident occurred during the traditional May 1 concert when representatives of different countries, studying at high schools, demonstrate their art and cultural traditions.
Initially, the cross-fire occurred, but then the fight started. Students from Armenia, on the one side, and from Azerbaijan and Turkey from the other side, started to throw bottles, sticks and stones to each other. Casualties were reported.
Special police forces came on the spot and made the fight participants out of the building, where an event was held. The fight participants were brought to underground, divided into two parts, isolated by militiamen.
Later, the law enforcement officers were subjected to fire from Zhiguli car. The special police forces detained the car passengers and took traumatic guns away from them. Another car was later detained as well and it was revealed that the driver also had a gun.
It should be reminded that a conflict between representatives of Azerbaijani and Armenian youth occurred at the same high school last year. An Azerbaijani student got a gun wound during the clash.
/Regnum, Treli, Newsru/
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