Deadly explosion at a restaurant in central Moscow

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3
People killed in the Moscow restaurant explosion, according to the Russian interior ministry
1 source · TASS
15
Initial count of injured released by the Russian interior ministry
1 source · TASS
21
Revised count of injured issued by Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee
1 source · TASS

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An improvised explosive device went off inside or outside a restaurant in central Moscow, killing three people.
The woman suspected of carrying the device is among the dead, alongside a security guard who tried to intercept her and a customer of the establishment.
Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) and the Russian authorities (Tass, Interior Ministry) are the institutional source on which every perspective relies for the toll and the circumstances.

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Casualty toll — The number of wounded varies according to the source and the time of publication: an initial toll of 15 injured released by the Russian Interior Ministry was revised to 21 by the Anti-Terrorism Committee, but some outlets continue to cite the original figure, with no single definitive toll prevailing.
Attribution to Kyiv — Russian state channel RT published an opinion piece blaming the attack on Ukraine as part of a "dirty war" said to extend beyond the military theatre, a thesis no other perspective takes up and which Kyiv does not mention.
General Shaiko as the target — The Ukrainian press, citing unofficial Telegram sources, suggests the explosion occurred during the birthday party of General Alexander Shaiko, commander of Russia's aerospace forces; this line, unconfirmed by Moscow, is relayed cautiously by France but is absent from the Russian, German, British and Singaporean accounts.

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An explosion struck the Italian restaurant Balzi Rossi on Kudrinskaya Square, in central Moscow, on Saturday evening. According to Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee, an improvised explosive device carried by a woman detonated as a security guard was attempting to stop her at the entrance to the premises. Three people were killed: the woman carrying the device, the security guard and a customer. The number of injured varies between the tolls released by the Russian authorities, ranging from 15 to 21. No claim of responsibility has been made and no perpetrator has been identified at this stage.

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August 2, 2026

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