July 10, 2002 - 19:58 AMT
MASS SKIRMISH BETWEEN GUARD FIRM OFFICERS AND ARMENIAN DIASPORA REPRESENTATIVES TOOK PLACE IN NOVOSIBIRSK
July 8 a mass scuffle between the officers of one of Novosibirsk guard firms and members of the Armenian diaspora took place in the town. As reported by "Arka" agency, according to preliminary information 50-70 individuals participated in the fight. Witnesses say that the fighters were armed with bludgeons and fragments of metallic pipes. According to the data of the district central administrative board of internal affairs, no one was killed in the scuffle, but some 10 persons have applied to the town hospitals with traumas and injury. Criminal suit is filed on the fact. Militia is looking for the fight participants.