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15 people arrested after mass brawl in Plovdiv

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Police arrested 15 people after a mass brawl in the second largest city of Bulgaria - Plovdiv. The incident happened around 20.30 last night near the Fair Town. Nearly 30 people from a Roma neighborhood in the city, aged 16 to 30, participants in the melee, were initially taken into custody . The detainees will be tried in the fast-track for petty hooliganism and causing minor bodily harm, it was reported.



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