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Explosion in Moscow’s Detsky Mir near FSB headquarters leaves dead and injured — video
Nation25 August 2025, 07:27 AM
An explosion of a gas cylinder occurred on Aug. 24 at the Detsky Mir (Children’s World) store on Lubyanka Square in Moscow, next to the Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) HQ, at least one person was killed, Reuters reported on Aug. 24.
The publication cited Russian state news agencies.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the “emergency incident,” the nature of which he did not specify, resulted in fatalities and injuries. He also claimed that preliminary information points to faulty equipment as the cause.
Photo: REUTERS/Yulia Morozova
Photo: REUTERS/Yulia Morozova
Photo: REUTERS/Yulia Morozova
Moscow’s health department said the “incident” happened on the third floor; two of the injured were hospitalized, and another received treatment at the scene.
Astra Telegram channel published video from the site showing damage and one of the injured being loaded into an ambulance.