{"id":579943,"date":"2026-08-02T07:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/579943\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T07:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:06:11","slug":"three-killed-after-bomb-attack-near-moscow-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/579943\/","title":{"rendered":"Three killed after bomb attack near Moscow restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in an explosion near an upscale restaurant in central Moscow yesterday evening, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion occurred just before 8pm local time close to an Italian restaurant located in one of Moscow&#8217;s seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinkskaya Square, the police said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Anti-Terrorism Committee said that an unidentified woman had tried to get into the restaurant but was stopped by a security guard, the state RIA news agency reported.<\/p>\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<p>Russia&#8217;s 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><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MOSCOW, RUSSIA - AUGUST 01: Police take security measures at the scene after an explosion occurred at a cafe, causing a fire in Moscow, Russia, on August 01, 2026. Three people were killed and at least 15 others injured in an explosion near a cafe on Moscow's Kudrinskaya Square on Saturday, the Inte\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0024c9fa-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nThe explosion occurred just before 8pm local time yesterday<\/p>\n<p>The authorities did not name those killed or injured nor did they say who they thought might have been responsible.<\/p>\n<p>More than four years into a full-scale war with Ukraine, Russia&#8217;s FSB security service said earlier this year that authorities would step up protection for high-ranking military officials after a series of assassinations and attempted killings it blamed on Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>The Kommersant daily newspaper cited its own sources as saying that the bomb had been intended to maim and kill guests who were enjoying themselves on the restaurant&#8217;s summer terrace outside.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant&#8217;s website said the venue had been closed yesterday for a private event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in an explosion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-579943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}