A 15-year-old boy is credited with helping save more than 100 people during a terrorist massacre at a Moscow concert hall on Friday.
Teenager Islam Khalilov works as a cloakroom attendant at Crocus Town Hall, where the shooting occurred. His familiarity with the building allowed him to act quickly to guide frightened concertgoers to safety, preventing further deaths in Friday’s massacre.
“At first I heard strange noises on the first floor. I thought a noisy group had arrived,” he explained in a later interview, according to the Daily Mail.
“I knew that if I didn’t react, my life and the lives of many people would be lost. To be honest, I was very scared,” he added.
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A 15-year-old boy, Islam Khalilov, is credited with rescuing more than 100 people from a terrorist massacre at a Moscow concert hall on Friday. (East 2 West)
Footage from various angles shows Khalilov shouting at concertgoers and corralling them toward the emergency exits.
Mr. Khalilov can be seen in the footage saying, “Oh no, oh no, oh no.” “Everybody go over there. Everyone go over there. To the Expo, to the Expo…”
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“As I was in the crowd, walking towards the door to open it, I thought to myself, [the gunmen] “They might come out of the stairs or escalators and throw grenades or fire deadly shots,” he said.
“Thank God, nothing happened. We managed to open the door in time and get everyone out for the Expo,” he added.
“We were shown and instructed where to send people if something happened. I knew where to take people to keep them safe.” Khalilov said.
“All of this happened right in front of me. To be honest, I’m still in a state of shock. A man was shot right in front of me. I can’t stop thinking about it. ” he concluded.
Heroic schoolboy Islam Khalilov, 15, was a cloakroom attendant at Crocus City Hall who guided more than 100 panicked concertgoers to safety during the Moscow massacre. (East 2 West)
At least 133 people were killed in Friday’s attack. Russian authorities have arrested 11 suspects, four of whom they say were directly involved in the massacre.
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president Vladimir Putin He addressed a shocked nation in a television broadcast on Saturday, condemning the massacre as a “bloody, barbaric act of terrorism.” He declared Sunday, March 24th as his day of remembrance.
