Moscow Mayor Calls Deadly Bomb Attack At A Restaurant A 'terrorist Act'

MOSCOW — Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin connected Sunday called a explosive onslaught connected a edifice successful nan superior nan time earlier a “brutal violent act,” but did not opportunity who mightiness beryllium responsible.

The blast connected Saturday evening astatine nan Balzi Rossi, an upscale Italian constitution successful cardinal Moscow, killed 2 group successful summation to nan bomber, Russian authorities media said, citing section officials. At slightest 21 others were injured.

“Yesterday, a sadistic violent enactment was committed successful Moscow that claimed quality lives. The victims are presently successful nan city’s hospitals, wherever they are receiving each basal care,” Sobyanin wrote connected societal media Sunday.

An investigation was underway, he added. “Those responsible for committing this crime will surely beryllium recovered and will look nan reward they deserve,” he wrote.

A female attempted to smuggle nan explosive into nan restaurant, but a information defender refused to fto her successful earlier it exploded, Russian authorities news agency Ria Novosti reported. She and nan defender were killed on pinch a edifice patron.

As of early Sunday afternoon, location was nary further accusation from Russian authorities, and nary 1 had publically claimed responsibility.

According to Ria Novosti, Balzi Rossi was closed for a backstage usability Saturday evening astatine nan clip of nan blast.

Video released by Russian authorities media showed heavy equipped rule enforcement officers, respective ambulances and different emergency vehicles astatine nan site.

Earlier this year, Russia’s Federal Security Service announced that authorities would tighten information astir elder subject and authorities officials, aft a bid of assassination attempts successful Russian cities that followed nan Kremlin’s full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful February 2022.

So far, Russian authorities person not drawn immoderate connections betwixt Saturday’s blast and nan earlier attacks aliases nan warfare successful Ukraine.

Russia antecedently said Kyiv was down a car bombing successful Moscow past April that killed Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a lawman caput of nan main operational section successful Russia’s General Staff. Ukraine did not publically declare responsibility.

But Ukraine’s SBU information work earlier said it organized nan December 2024 sidesplitting of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who headed nan Russian military’s nuclear, biologic and chemic protection forces.

Kirillov was killed by a explosive hidden successful a scooter extracurricular his flat building successful Moscow, a time aft Ukraine’s information work leveled criminal charges against him.

Among different salient victims of bombing attacks successful Russia were Daria Dugina, nan girl of influential nationalist philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, and Vladlen Tatarsky, a well-known pro-Kremlin subject blogger.

Kyiv denied engagement successful nan onslaught connected Dugina and did not respond to Russian accusations that it was down Tatarsky’s death.