Suspect among 3 dead in Moscow eatery bombing

‘brutal’ strike | At least 21 people also sustain injuries. Mayor calls it a ‘terrorist act’; no one claims responsibility

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MOSKALIK: Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik was killed in a Moscow car bombing in April. Russia blamed Kyiv, which did not claim responsibility.

KIRILLOV: Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was killed by a bomb hidden in a scooter in Moscow in December 2024. Ukraine’s SBU said it organised the killing.

OTHERS: Daria Dugina and pro-Kremlin military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky were also killed in bombings. Kyiv denied role in Dugina’s killing.

Moscow: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Sunday called a bomb attack on a restaurant in the Russian capital a “brutal terrorist act”, but did not say who was responsible.

The blast on Saturday evening at Balzi Rossi, an upscale Italian restaurant in central Moscow, killed three people, including the woman bomber, Russian state media said.

“Yesterday, a brutal terrorist act was committed in Moscow that claimed human lives. The victims are currently in the city's hospitals, where they are receiving all necessary care,” Sobyanin said on Sunday. He said a probe into the attack was on. “Those responsible for committing this crime will certainly be found and will face the punishment they deserve.” 

At least 21 people were wounded when the explosive device detonated at the restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said, according to Russian state news agency Ria Novosti.

A woman attempted to smuggle the bomb into the restaurant, but a security guard refused to let her in before the device exploded, Ria Novosti reported.

The Moscow Investigative Committee said on Saturday evening the attack was being investigated. As of Sunday, Russian authorities had released no further information and no one had publicly claimed responsibility.

According to Ria Novosti, the restaurant was closed for a private function on Saturday evening. Russian authorities have so far drawn no connection between Saturday's blast and previous bombing attacks in Russia or the war in Ukraine.

—AP