MOSCOW: Three people were killed and 15 injured in an explosion that went off near a summer restaurant terrace in central Moscow on Saturday evening.

The explosion occurred near a summer terrace located on the ground floor of one of Moscow’s seven Stalin-era skyscrapers at Kudrinksaya Square. Those injured had received wounds of varying seriousness.

Investigators and emergency services were working at the scene.

Russian state TV suggested the explosion may have been caused by a gas canister detonating.

Russia’s state RIA news agency released video of heavily armed law enforcement officers at the scene, which had been closed off to the public.

Published in Dawn, August 2nd, 2026