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Improvised Bomb Kills 3 at an Upscale Moscow Restaurant
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- An improvised bomb exploded at the Balzi Rossi restaurant in central Moscow, killing three people and injuring 21 others, according to Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee.
- The victims included a security guard who stopped a woman suspected of trying to bring the explosive device into the restaurant, the woman herself, and a patron.
- Russia’s Investigative Committee has initiated a terrorism investigation into the incident.
- The upscale restaurant, located in a Stalin-era skyscraper near Moscow’s Garden Ring, had been closed for a private party on August 1.
- Despite initial rumors of a gas leak, the restaurant’s chef confirmed via a now-deleted Instagram post that the establishment and kitchen were unharmed.
