Eight people have been arrested in Ireland following a violent cemetery brawl between two families who attended separate funerals.
The incident, which took place at Tuam Cemetery in Galway in late September – left five men and two women with life-threatening injuries – including one of the victims who was struck by a wooden cross torn from a grave. Irish time Reports.
The newspaper added that others involved in the riot were stabbed.
The encounter took place in a cemetery in Ireland.
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More than two dozen Irish police arrived at the scene and arrested a suspect who tried to escape with a knife, the Irish Times reports.
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The Irish police members shown here reacted to the incident.
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The newspaper reported that the clash erupted as part of a dispute between two local families who had previously attended a special funeral service at the cemetery.
Irish police told the newspaper that the latest arrests were made during an operation on Monday, and detainees ranged in age from the mid-twenties to the mid-fifties.
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