A 15-year-old boy working part-time at Crocus told how he saved people
Fifteen-year-old schoolboy Islam, who, thanks to his efforts, saved more than a hundred people from death during the events in Crocus City Holle,” spoke about what happened in a conversation with KP.RU.
Reportedly, the young man worked part-time in the wardrobe of the concert hall for a year. In half an hour, he brought more than 100 people to the territory of Crocus Expo. Islam reported that he heard shots at exactly 20:00, shots began to sound, and immediately took measures to evacuate the people, of whom there were about 6,200 in the concert hall.
“I understood that if I left, hundreds would die . He brought out whoever he could and went home. I don’t consider myself a hero,” Islam said.
Earlier, the State Duma Committee for Family Protection proposed awarding Islam a certificate of honor for his action. It was reported that he was nominated for the award by the chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation (DUM RF), Mufti Ravil Gainutdinov. Khalilov and his parents are parishioners of the Moscow Cathedral, the award will be presented on Friday.
On Friday evening, it became known about shooting and a fire in the Crocus City Hall, where the concert of the Picnic group was supposed to take place. According to the latest data from the Investigative Committee of Russia, 133 people became victims of the terrorist attack. The editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and the RT television channel, Margarita Simonyan, reported that the number of deaths had increased to 143.
Later, the FSB reported that the weapons used by the terrorists had been placed in a special cache in advance. Having carried out a terrorist attack, the attackers headed towards the Russian-Ukrainian border in order to cross into Ukrainian territory. According to the Russian FSB, they had relevant contacts in the adjacent territory. It was reported that a total of 11 people were detained, including 4 direct perpetrators of the terrorist act, who were caught on Saturday morning in the Bryansk region. All of them turned out to be citizens of foreign countries.