Video: hero Muslim teenager saves 100 during Moscow attack

Published March 24th, 2024 - 07:01 GMT
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A person stands next to a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall, a day after a gun attack in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 23, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)

ALBAWABA - A video of a Muslim teenager who became the hero of the Moscow attack has gone viral after he helped about a hundred flee the gunfire. 

A video showing a teenager, 15, has grabbed attention online after a young man, who works part-time in the place where the attack happened, was doubted as a hero. He was able to direct people to escape the gunfire.

A Muslim teenager took a video of himself during the attack, which was described as the worst in Russia's modern history, during the clip, he was warning people of the attackers and directing them to safely flee location. 

The 15-year-old boy, called Islam and works as a part-time worker in the theater, had helped about 100 to leave the attack scene safely.

On Friday, a group of gunmen entered Crocus City Hall, a large music venue just outside of the Russian capital and opened fire on attendance killing at least 133 people and injuring a score of others.

RT reported that Russia’s security service arrested 11 people, including four directly involved in the Moscow attack.

Islamic State (ISIS) announced responsibility for the attack in Moscow and posted a video of the four members who killed over 100 in Russia.

Furthermore, another Russian female teenager was also the first to report the attack and fire in Moscow in a video in which she said: "Basically, I was in Vegas (shopping mall), walking straight into Vegas, and a crowd of people was rushing towards me, just a huge crowd."

She maintained: "We yell, ask what happened, they say it's a terror attack, there are corpses lying around."

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