U.S. Embassy in Moscow informed about terrorist threat - embassy

MOSCOW. Sept 28 (Interfax) - The U.S. Embassy's press service in Moscow confirmed that Moscow police informed the diplomatic mission of a possible terrorist attack at about noon on Friday.

Moscow police informed the U.S. Embassy of a terrorist threat at 12.25 Moscow time on Friday, the press service told Interfax. Appropriate actions are being taken, the press service added.

A source in Moscow law enforcement told Interfax that an unknown woman phoned Moscow police at about noon on Friday saying that a terrorist attack was about to take place at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. The embassy is located on Novinsky Boulevard.