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Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, dozens of people took up weapons and had a group fight. They were Goryeos from Russia, and they were found to have fought over the issue of running a private gambling facility.

I am a reporter from KNN Pyo Joong-kyu.

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People gather one by one in the dark, around the vehicle.

These are the 2nd and 3rd generation Koreans who entered Russia and settled in Busan Gyeongnam.

After a while, they were divided into 7 vehicles and boarded into a public parking lot, 5 minutes away.

Soon there is a battle with Russian gangs from the metropolitan area.

Iron pipes, weapons, etc. were used in each neck to cause serious injuries.

They escaped when the police came.

[Kim Nam-cheol/Gyeongnam Gimhae Central Police Station Central District: Dozens of people were fighting with rebars and brick-like weapons. Immediately, I announced the situation by radio and asked for assistance, but it seemed like a big deal was going to happen, so I immediately went into the whistle and tried to dissolve

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Police say most of them have been identified as factory or farm workers.

However, some were reportedly informed by the Russian Mafia.

Police arrested 62 Goryeos and 1 Russian, arrested 23 of them, and are chasing a Russian who fled.

(Video coverage: Changwook Jung, KNN, screen provided by Gyeongnam Police Agency)