The Chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia will award the person who saved people at Crocus

A 15-year-old boy who saved people at Crocus will be awarded

15-year-old Islam Khalilov, who saved more than 100 people through his own efforts during the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, was presented for the award by the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation (DUM RF), Mufti Ravil Gainutdinov, RIA Novosti reports.

Reportedly, Khalilov and his parents are parishioners of the Moscow Cathedral. The award will be presented on Friday.

“Our fifteen-year-old parishioner Islam, a real hero, will be awarded the Medal of Merit of Muslims of Russia “For Merit” for his courage and saving people,” said the Russian Muslim Spiritual Directorate.

Earlier it was reported that Islam worked part-time in the wardrobe of the Crocus concert hall.

On Friday evening, it became known about shooting and a fire in 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. Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT television channel, reported that the death toll 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.