
Fifteen-year-old Islam Khalilov led more than 100 people out of Crocus City Hall during the terrorist attack. Screenshot of YouTube video by BakuTV YouTube Channel. Fair use.
As the exiled independent Russian media Meduza reported, 15-year-old Islam Khalilov, who works part-time as a cloakroom attendant, led more than 100 people out of Crocus Concert Hall during the terrorist attack by showing them the exit to the street through the office premises. The Telegram channel 112 was the first to report this.
Islam Khalilov himself told the Moscow Online publication that he had been working part-time in the concert hall for about a year. On the day of the terrorist attack, he started his shift at 4 pm. When the attack began and he heard loud noises, he initially thought that “maybe some noisy company had come.” Khalilov realized something was wrong when people started running from the direction of the stairs.
Khalilov explained that, as an employee, he was instructed on how to act in an emergency situation, so he “knew where to take people to protect them.” As a result, he escorted about 100 people to the entrance of Crocus Expo, a building adjacent to Crocus Concert Hall. The teenager exited the building last so that he would know, in his words, “that he left no one behind.”






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