- Title: RUSSIA: GRENADE ATTACK NEAR MOSCOW BRANCH OF MCDONALD'S INJURES EIGHT
- Date: 20th October 1992
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (OCTOBER 20, 1992) 1. GV: EXTERIOR MCDONALD'S (UNDAMAGED) 0.03 2. GVS: BROKEN WINDOWS OF APARTMENT BUILDING NEXT DOOR (4 SHOTS) 0.15 3. GV/SVS: EXTERIOR POLICE STATION; POLICE INSIDE (3 SHOTS) 0.24 4. SCU: OFFICER SPEAKING ABOUT BOMBING (RUSSIAN) 0.43 5. GV: POLICE AT WORK 0.47 6. GV: EXTERIOR OF HO
- Embargoed: 4th November 1992 12:00
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- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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- Country: Russia
- Reuters ID: LVA2BRIXAKX052X2VNQ0Z2AHUXNX
- Story Text: A grenade attack near the Moscow branch of McDonald's injured eight people late on Monday (October 19) but police said the target was not the restaurant, a leading symbol of Western consumerism in Russia's capital.
A senior police officer said two drunks, one with a history of clashes with the police, threw a grenade at police station number 108 on a street leading onto Moscow's central Pushkin Square. He said it was an ordinary crime and the motive was not known.
A security ministry spokesman said the RGD-5 army grenade bounced off window bars and landed on the pavement, where it exploded. Several windows were broken.
The most seriously hurt victim, a five-year-old girl from Afghanistan with head and hand wounds, was not in any immediate danger, the spokesman said.
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