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Moscow restaurant bombing kills three people as device carried by woman explodes
More than 20 people injured in explosion near Italian restaurant on Saturday night, authorities say
A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in an 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’s seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinskaya Square, the police said.
Russia’s anti-terrorism committee said an unidentified woman had tried to get into the restaurant but was stopped by a security guard, the state RIA news agency reported.
It said the woman, the security guard and a customer at the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant were killed in the blast that followed.
Three killed after bomb detonated at Moscow restaurant, state media say
At least three people have been killed and 21 injured after a homemade explosive device was detonated at an Italian restaurant in Moscow, Russian state media quotes security officials as saying.
The blast happened at around 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Kudrinskaya square near the city centre.
The National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAK) said a woman carrying the explosives tried to enter the restaurant but was stopped by a security guard. The device detonated, killing the woman, the guard and a visitor to the restaurant.
The restaurant, located in one of Moscow's famous Stalin-era skyscrapers, had been holding a private function.
Authorities have not disclosed the guest list or said anything about who they believe was the target of the attack.
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Three dead after homemade bomb explodes in Moscow restaurant
A homemade bomb has exploded during a private event at a restaurant in central Moscow, killing two people as well as the woman suspected of carrying the device and injuring 21 others, according to state news agency RIA Novosti, which cited Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee.
An unidentified woman attempted to enter Balzi Rossi restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square carrying what authorities believe was an improvised explosive device, the committee said.
A bomb in a Moscow restaurant has killed three people and injured 21. Natalia Kolesnikova/Anadolu/Getty via CNN
The bomb went off before she entered, killing the security guard who stopped her and a customer.
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