MOSCOW, August 1. /TASS/. An explosion occured near a summer cafe in the center of Moscow killing three people and wounding 15, the capital's Interior Ministry said.

TASS has compiled the key facts about the incident.

- According to the Interior Ministry, the explosion occurred at about 08:10 p.m. (05:10 p.m. GMT) near a summer cafe near house No. 1 on Kudrinskaya Square.

- Three people were killed, and 15 others injured in various degrees of severity, the capital's Interior Ministry said.

- According to Alexey Kuznetsov, aide to the health minister, all necessary assistance is being provided to the wounded.

- Investigators and criminologists of the Investigative Committee are working at the site of the explosion, the Investigative Committee said.

- The police and Russia’s National Guard Rosgvardiya restricted access near the residential high-rise on Kudrinskaya Square, where the blast took place, a TASS correspondent reported.

- The Moscow Department of Transport postponed the Second Night Cycling Festival.