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At least two people have been killed and several injured after a mass brawl has broken out at a Moscow's largest cemetery, it's been reported.

Up to 400 people armed with bats, sticks, and metal bars, were involved in the fight, which has left 10 injured, in what police said could be a dispute over jobs, according to reports.

Three people attempted to flee the Khovanskoye cemetery in southwest Moscow in a car and knocked over two people, who were killed, according to RT.

A police officer is thought to be one of those killed while trying intervene in the fighting, according to RT, thought this has not been confirmed.

(Image: REN.TV) (Image: REN.TV)

The second victim is reported to be a 24-year-old man, named locally as Suhrob Hushakov, who is said to have been living in the cemetery, MK.ru reported.

Other local media is reporting that the death toll could rise to 12 and a 17-year-old boy is said to be fighting for his life after sustaining a severe head injury, Life News reports.

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Fifty people were detained after officers intervened to disperse the fighting crowds.

According to the police, fighting broke out during conflicts between ethnic groups from ex-Soviet Central Asia competing for some of the cemetery's lucrative services business.

The Interior Ministry told Russian news agency TASS: "Police have found and seized firearms at the scene. The conflict has been contained and arrests continue."

(Image: TASS via Getty Images)

(Image: TASS via Getty Images)

A couple who had been visiting their daughter's grave told Life News that they were stood in a traffic jam as they left when two men jumped into the backseat of their car.

She said: "Immediately, some 15 people with bats and sticks ran up, they started to hit the car."

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The woman claims alleged attackers tried to pull the two men from her car shouting: "They killed two of ours" before he husband got out to stop them and he was hit in the head.

A cemetery employee told RIA Novosti the attack had been "planned long ago."

The Interior Ministry told Interfax the conflict didn't happen due to nationality issues but because of a turf war.

(Image: TASS via Getty Images)