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Russian police detain 1,200 in Moscow anti-migrant raid

Moscow police said on Monday they had detained 1,200 people in an anti-migrant raid on a produce market where a racially-tinged riot took place over the weekend after the killing of an ethnic Russian.

Updated on: Oct 15, 2013, 12:10:44 IST
AFP | By , Moscow
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Moscow police said on Monday they had detained 1,200 people in an anti-migrant raid on a produce market where a racially-tinged riot took place over the weekend after the killing of an ethnic Russian.

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"About 1,200 people have been taken to the police in the course of a raid on a produce market in Biryulyovo to check their criminal connections," a representative of the Moscow police told AFP.

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