RUSSIA

3 killed in brawl at cemetery

MOSCOW — A violent brawl at a Moscow cemetery involving about 200 people has left three people dead and 23 hospitalized, according to police and health officials. Russian news reports say brawlers fired guns and used shovels, shovel handles, steel bars, and baseball bats in the fight. Police say the brawl is believed to have started over who controls providing burial services at the sprawling cemetery in southwest Moscow. A Moscow police spokeswoman told the Interfax news agency that two of the people who died were hit by a car that was trying to flee the scene. She said more than 50 people were detained by police. (AP)

Officers killed in fight with militants

MAKHACHKALA — Police in Russia’s Dagestan region say two officers have been killed and 14 wounded during clashes with militants holed up in an apartment. A police spokeswoman said the clashes began Saturday when police searching an apartment building came across armed militants, who threw a grenade and took a wounded officer hostage. She said after learning that the captive officer had died, police stormed the apartment and another officer was killed. She gave no information about the militants. The Interfax news agency, citing unidentified officials, said at least four militants were killed. (AP)

Iraq

Suicide attacks outside Baghdad

BAGHDAD — More than a dozen suicide bombers attacked a residential and government complex outside Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least six people, an official said. The police chief of the town of Amiriyat Fallujah said at least 14 suicide attackers broke into the complex at dawn. In addition to homes, the complex also includes a police station and several government offices. (AP)