Russia's national anti terrorism committee says an improvised bomb caused the blast at a Moscow cafe

Russia's national anti terrorism committee said in a statement that an improvised explosive device caused the blast at a summer cafe on Kudrinskaya Square in central Moscow. According to the TASS news agency, the committee confirmed that three people were killed and said the number of wounded had risen from 15 to 21.

According to the statement, the perpetrator was a woman who brought the improvised device into the cafe. The blast killed the woman herself, a guard who had stopped her entering the cafe, and one person who was present at the site.

According to the IRNA news agency, news sources had earlier reported at least three killed and 15 wounded. An official of Russia's interior ministry said the incident took place at around 20:10 on Saturday local time.