Three people were killed after a bomb detonated at a restaurant in Moscow…

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Multiple reputable outlets, citing Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee and Interior Ministry via state agencies TASS and RIA Novosti, report that a homemade improvised explosive device detonated at the Balzi Rossi restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square in central Moscow, killing three people and injuring between 15 and 21 others.[3][4][6][7][8][10][11] BBC’s English and Russian services describe the event explicitly as a bomb explosion at a restaurant, with three fatalities, based on information quoted from Russian state media and security officials.[4][8] The New York Times, ITV, and AP-based reports likewise state that an improvised explosive device was detonated at the restaurant, causing three deaths, again attributing this to Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee and other official bodies speaking through state media.[3][6][7] Other outlets such as Al Jazeera, CNN, SCMP, and RT also report three dead after an explosion near or at the restaurant, with RT explicitly calling it a bomb attack.[1][5][9][10] Taken together, the evidence robustly supports that, according to Russian state media and the official committees they quote, a bomb (a homemade explosive device) detonated at a restaurant in Moscow, killing three people.

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Checked August 2, 2026 · we'll re-check as this develops