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20 students detained after clashes between Azeri and Armenian students in Moscow

02 May 2007 10:30 (UTC +04:00)

Some Azerbaijani students injured following fire shots that came by Armenian students. One of them 21-year-old Aghali Aliyev received severe wound and placed at the hospital, APA reports.
Other injured Azerbaijani students refused medical cure in the hospital satisfying with out patient treatment. Law enforcement authorities who investigate the pictures of cameras that filmed the incident try to find out the people firing at Azerbaijanis. Scuffle between Azerbaijanis and Armenians kept on going in the dormitory of the university. 20 men involved in the conflict were taken to the Interior Affairs Department of Cheremuski district.
The clash occurred between Azerbaijani and Armenian students in the Peoples Friendship University after Patricia Lumumba during â€œSouth-West planetâ€ exhibition. The reason for the scuffles was dance of Armenians with the flag of the so called â€œNagorno Karabakh Republicâ€ according to Galina Kuzmina, university press serviceâ€™s head. â€œAzerbaijani students protested severely against this action. But the university leadership did not let the incident come to blows. Information on use of fire-arms by the students is groundlessâ€.
Azerbaijani students receiving education at the university told APA when Armenian students attempted to dance with the flag of the so called â€œNagorno Karabakh Republicâ€ they seized the flag and tore it. After Azerbaijani and Armenian students came to blow and one Armenian student shot from fire-arms at Azerbaijanis.
Azerbaijan Embassy to Russia told APA they do not have information on the conflict between Azerbaijani and Armenian students at the University after Patricia Lumumba and injured Azerbaijani students.
Armenian students did not come to sort out relationships with Azerbaijani students and Azerbaijani businessmen in Moscow near â€œMcDonaldsâ€ restaurant at 20.00 Baku time. More than 100 Azerbaijani students gathered in the territory where special militia forces were controlling. /APA/