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Moscow restaurant blast a 'brutal terror attack,' mayor says
DW.com • • general
Key Points:
- An explosion at a restaurant in central Moscow killed at least three people, including the suspected female bomber, with 21 others injured; the blast occurred when a woman carrying a homemade explosive device was stopped by a security guard at the entrance.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin condemned the incident as a "brutal terrorist attack," and Russian law enforcement launched an investigation to identify and punish those responsible.
- The explosion happened amid ongoing conflict-related violence, with Russia blaming Ukraine for previous attacks, although no immediate link to Ukraine was confirmed for this incident.
- Concurrently, Ukraine conducted drone strikes deep inside Russia, targeting locations such as an apartment block in Engels and a warehouse in Samara Oblast, while Russia reported over 635 Ukrainian drones shot down overnight.
- Both sides reported casualties from recent attacks: Russia claimed 14 injured in Belgorod Oblast from Ukrainian strikes, while Ukraine reported deaths and injuries from Russian artillery and drone attacks in Kherson, Dnipro, and Kyiv.
