Explosion at Moscow restaurant kills three people on Saturday evening
World · 2 August 2026
Written by AI from multiple news reports
A bomb exploded outside a restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, killing three people and injuring at least 15 others.
A woman tried to enter the Balzi Rossi restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square at around 8pm. A security guard stopped her at the door. The device went off before she could get inside.
The three people who died were the woman, the security guard, and one restaurant customer. The restaurant is inside one of Moscow's large Stalin-era tower buildings.