Terrorist attack in Moscow: 15-year-olds Islam and Artyom saved dozens and were honored for their heroism – Watch video – 2024-03-27 16:50:34

Two teenagers who helped dozens of people escape from the concert hall, who was the target of a terrorist attack that left at least 137 dead near Moscow, were honored today by their school.

Islam Kalilov and Artyom Donskov, aged 15, classmates, received as a reward for their heroism, laptops, broadcast Russian media.

The presidential commissioner for Children’s Rights in Russia, Maria Lvova-Belova, awarded this Monday two schoolchildren, Islam Jalilov, 15, and Artyom Donskov, 14, who helped evacuate dozens of visitors from Crocus City Hall during the terrorist attack. pic.twitter.com/aJuYHDpbT9

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The mother of Artiom Donskov, a 14-year-old schoolboy who helped lead dozens of people out during the terrorist attack perpetrated on March 22 at the Crocus City Hall concert hall, shared with RT her impressions of her feat. son pic.twitter.com/al3Wy6vzHY

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Islam Kalilov and 15-year-old Artyom Donskov, schoolmates, received laptops as a reward for their heroism, Russian media reported.

As they worked in the cloakrooms of Crocus City Hall, they showed exemplary composure, escorting groups of spectators to the exit.

Cell phone footage shows Islam Kalilov running in the opposite direction from a line of dozens of panicked people. “Everybody out of there!” he shouts repeatedly.

“To tell the truth, I was very scared,” he told Russian radio network BFM, adding that he had confirmed that no one had been left behind before he himself left the scene.

“They had shown us where to send people in the event of an incident. I knew where to take them to be safe,” he explained.

His classmate Artyom Donskov accompanied another group of people who was looking for an escape route from inside the building, which was already on fire.

Islam Kalilov he is also expected to be honored on March 29 by the Union of Muslims of Russia, an important religious organization, underlines the TASS news agency.