{"id":25008,"date":"2026-08-02T09:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T04:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25008"},"modified":"2026-08-02T09:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T04:12:47","slug":"homemade-bomb-kills-3-injures-21-in-moscow-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25008","title":{"rendered":"Homemade bomb kills 3, injures 21 in Moscow cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/ph\/st\/th\/9481785623614\/2026\/i\/17856240458064\/v1.5\/Homemade-bomb-kills-3-injures-21-in-Moscow-cafe.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A homemade bomb exploded in a cafe in Moscow&#8217;s Kudrinskaya Square, killing three people and injuring 21. File Photo by Yuri Kochetkov\/EPA<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Aug. 1 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Three people were killed and 21 injured when a homemade bomb exploded in a Moscow cafe Saturday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the explosion happened about 8:10 p.m. local time when a woman attempted to enter the Balzi Ross restaurant in Kudrinskaya Square.\n<\/p>\n<p>The woman had been carrying an improvised explosive device when she was stopped by a guard, state news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/emergencies\/2168031\" target=\"_blank\">TASS<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>She was killed in the blast alongside the guard and a cafe customer.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant, located in central Moscow, had been closed for a banquet, state news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20260801\/vzryv-2108440805.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ria Novosti<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>A witness told the agency barefoot men and women in elegant dresses were seen leaving the restaurant, holding their shoes.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the blast remains under investigation, officials said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A homemade bomb exploded in a cafe in Moscow&#8217;s Kudrinskaya Square, killing three people and injuring 21. File Photo by Yuri Kochetkov\/EPA Aug. 1 (UPI) &#8212; Three people were killed and 21 injured when a homemade bomb exploded in a Moscow cafe Saturday, officials said. Russia&#8217;s National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the explosion happened about 8:10&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/sv\/ph\/og\/i\/9481785623614\/2026\/1\/17856240458064\/v1.5\/Homemade-bomb-kills-3-injures-21-in-Moscow-cafe.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}