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Female Bomber Kills at Least 3, Injures 21 Near Moscow Restaurant
The Moscow Times • • world
Key Points:
- A homemade bomb carried by a woman exploded near an upscale Italian restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people and injuring 21 others.
- The explosion occurred just before 8:00 p.m. near the Balzi Rossi restaurant in one of Moscow's Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinskaya Ploshchad.
- The woman carrying the bomb was stopped by a security guard, and the resulting blast killed the woman, the guard, and a customer instantly.
- Reports from REN TV suggest the death toll may have risen to five, with several others in serious condition, though this has not been officially confirmed.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin condemned the attack as a "brutal terrorist attack" and vowed that those responsible would be punished, amid unconfirmed speculation linking the incident to the war in Ukraine.
