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Two teams of undertakers started a brawl after arriving simultaneously to pick up a dead body before a funeral in Ukraine. The fight did not settle the argument and now the sides will go to court. The incident took place in the city of Kirovograd, Ukrainian television channel TSN reported on Jan. 20. A dead body was found at a garage block and local police called for a communal funerals company to pick it up. However, upon arrival, the communal workers discovered that a private undertaking company was already on site with the same intention. Read the story here.