Homemade bomb carried by woman kills three and injures 21 near restaurant in Moscow
15 more people were injured in the incident in Kudrinskaya Square in the centre of the Russian capital.
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 on Saturday evening, Russian authorities said.
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The explosion took place close to an Italian restaurant located in one of Moscow's seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinkskaya Square at around 8pm local time on Saturday evening, the police said.
Russia'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.
The guard, the woman and a customer were killed in the blast.
The Baza online news outlet reported the explosion had occurred at the upscale Balzi Rossi restaurant. The restaurant's website said the venue had been closed on Saturday for a private event.
Police, firefighters and emergency services were deployed to the scene, and traffic near the square was temporarily blocked.
Russia's state RIA news agency released video of heavily armed law enforcement officers at the scene.
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