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Police detain 44 hooligans at football match in Moscow

Police have detained 44 hooligans at the football match at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium between Spartak and Terek
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MOSCOW, March 10 (Itar-Tass) – Police have detained 44 hooligans at the football match at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium between Spartak (Moscow) and Terek (Grozny), the press service of the Moscow Department of the Russian Interior Ministry told Tass on Sunday.

It said 44 people had been detained for different violations at the match of Russian Premier League. “Those were mainly intoxicated young people,” the press service said.

About 2,000 police and interior troops ensured law and order at the football match.