3 killed,12 injured in Moscow restaurant bombing

At least three people were killed and 21 sustained serious injuries in an explosion took place at a restaurant in Moscow on Saturday (August 1), according to the Tass state news agency report.

Russia's national anti-terrorism committee said, "A homemade explosive device blew up at a restaurant in Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow, killing three people."

The three people killed were a woman carrying the device into the restaurant, a security agent who stopped her and a customer, the committee added.

The 21 wounded suffered injuries of varying degrees of severity, said the anti-terrorism committee.

An earlier statement by Moscow police to the Ria Novosti news agency said investigators and police forensic specialists were at the site.

Images posted on Russian Telegram channels showed fire engines and ambulances outside the building.

Russia has been the target of several terrorist attacks in the past.

Source: AFP