{"id":53130,"date":"2026-08-02T08:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=53130"},"modified":"2026-08-02T08:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:40:33","slug":"moscow-restaurant-bombing-kills-three-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2026\/08\/02\/moscow-restaurant-bombing-kills-three-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow restaurant bombing kills three people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in \u2060an explosion near a restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The explosion occurred just before 8pm close to an Italian restaurant located in one of Moscow\u2019s seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinskaya \u200bSquare, the police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s anti-terrorism \u200ccommittee said an \u200cunidentified woman had tried to get into the restaurant but was stopped by a security \u200cguard, the state RIA news agency reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said the woman, the security guard and a customer at the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant were killed in the blast that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"205b8e31-c58b-4ea5-8dff-75be8799c5f9\"><a class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/aug\/02\/moscow-restaurant-bombing-kills-three-people-as-device-carried-by-woman-explodes#img-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3904e95b6069e8abe9590970b4313e56b2b774a6\/0_0_7074_4946\/master\/7074.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"Officers stand guard at the Balzi Rossi restaurant\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Officers stand guard at the Balzi Rossi restaurant. Photograph: Anastasia Barashkova\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those injured received wounds of varying seriousness, the police said. Russia\u2019s state RIA news agency released video of heavily armed law enforcement officers \u200cat the scene, which had been closed off to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authorities did not name those killed or injured nor did they \u200bsay who they thought might have been responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"8e4b5bfd-5c0e-476e-986e-c67adc484b8f\"><a class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/aug\/02\/moscow-restaurant-bombing-kills-three-people-as-device-carried-by-woman-explodes#img-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5166ca64dd2d50d1479adc49281263c0e08e8e3d\/0_0_7516_4848\/master\/7516.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"The scene in central Moscow after the blast\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The scene in central Moscow after the blast. Photograph: Anastasia Barashkova\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kommersant daily newspaper cited its own \u200bsources as saying that the \u200bbomb had been intended to \u200bmaim and kill guests on the restaurant\u2019s \u200bsummer terrace outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It suggested \u200cthe \u200bbomb had been \u200bset off by someone else remotely and that the woman carrying it may not have known it was a bomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The restaurant\u2019s website said the venue had been closed on Saturday for a private event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in \u2060an explosion near a restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, authorities said. The explosion occurred just before 8pm close to an Italian restaurant located in one of Moscow\u2019s seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinskaya \u200bSquare, the police said. 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