Russian police said they foiled a planned bomb attack on a McDonald's restaurant in the Arbat thoroughfare in Moscow today.
Investigators said they had found preparations for the attack after arresting a man for having illegal weapons, the Interfax news agency reported.
No immediate confirmation was available.
The report said the would-be attackers had exploded a test bomb of 300 grams (more than half a pound) of dynamite in a park outside the city.
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McDonald's has 47 franchised outlets in the Moscow region.
AFP