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Moscow mayor calls Balzi Rossi restaurant blast a terrorist attack as toll rises
Confirmed
What we know
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Sunday labeled Saturday evening’s explosion at the Balzi Rossi restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square a “brutal terrorist attack.” Russian authorities said an unidentified woman carrying an improvised explosive device was stopped by a security guard before the blast; early tallies listed the woman, the guard and a customer among the dead, with more than 20 injured.
Later reporting put the death toll at five after two wounded died in hospital. The restaurant had been closed for a private event. Officials had not publicly identified victims or named a responsible party.
What's confirmed
- Sobyanin: terrorist-attack label (CNN; Reuters/NBC).
- IED at restaurant entrance; multiple dead and ~20 injured (Reuters; CNN).
- Toll later reported at five (CNN/TASS).
What's still developing
- Motive, target identity, and any confirmed link to the Ukraine war.