{"id":25214,"date":"2026-08-02T13:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25214"},"modified":"2026-08-02T13:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:54:23","slug":"russia-restaurant-bombing-kills-three-injures-21-in-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=25214","title":{"rendered":"Russia restaurant bombing kills three, injures 21 in Moscow"},"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:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-pnsr0vyi6-1785658500909.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261785644130\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A homemade\u00a0bomb\u00a0carried by a woman killed\u00a0three people and injured at least 21 in an explosion near an upscale restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, the authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion occurred just before 2000 local time close to an Italian restaurant located in one of Moscow\u2019s seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at\u00a0Kudrinkskaya\u00a0Square, the police said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Anti-Terrorism Committee said that an unidentified woman had tried to get into the restaurant but\u00a0was\u00a0stopped by a security guard, the state RIA news agency reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Emergency responders at the site of an explosion at a restaurant in central Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 1, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It said the woman, the security guard and a customer at the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant had been killed in the blast that followed.<\/p>\n<p>Those injured received wounds of varying seriousness, the police said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Russia\u2019s state RIA news agency released video of heavily armed law enforcement officers at the scene, which had been closed off to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities did not name those killed or injured\u00a0nor did they say who they thought might have been responsible.<\/p>\n<p>More than four years into a full-scale\u00a0war with Ukraine,\u00a0Russia\u2019s FSB security service said earlier this year\u00a0that\u00a0authorities would step up <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/06\/23\/inside-russias-long-history-of-poisoning-political-enemies\/\">protection for high-ranking military officials<\/a> after\u00a0a series of assassinations\u00a0and attempted killings it blamed on Kyiv.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A police officer stands guard outside a restaurant where an explosion killed three in Moscow on Aug. 1, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Heavily armed law enforcement officers were at the scene, which had been closed off to the public. <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Pavel Bednyakov<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kommersant daily newspaper cited its own sources as saying that the\u00a0bomb\u00a0had been intended to maim and kill guests who were enjoying themselves on the restaurant\u2019s summer terrace outside.<\/p>\n<p>It suggested that the\u00a0bomb\u00a0had been set off by someone else remotely and that the woman carrying it may not have known that it was an explosive device.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant\u2019s website said the venue had been closed on Saturday for a private event.<\/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\u00a0bomb\u00a0carried by a woman killed\u00a0three people and injured at least 21 in an explosion near an upscale restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, the authorities said. 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