Islam is a boy who helped 100 people survive the Crocus attack (social networking sites)
Russian channels and newspapers described a 15-year-old boy named Islam as a true hero. What is his story? Why did the boy’s name shine at a time when Russia was healing its wounds after the armed attack on the “Crocus City Hall” in the Krasnogorsk region located on the outskirts of the capital, Moscow, which resulted in the deaths of at least 143 people and the injury of about 152, according to the Russian Investigative Committee?
“Islam” is a Russian Muslim boy, an eighth-grade middle school student, who was working part-time as an assistant in the concert hall. When the shooting started, he rushed to help people and take them out of the hall through an emergency exit.
The Russian Sputnik agency, in its Arabic account on the
👏🏻A real hero! During the terrorist attack in Crocus City, a 15-year-old young man helped about a hundred people get out of the building
According to media reports, the student’s name is Islam. He is in the eighth grade and was working part-time as an assistant in the concert hall. When the shooting started, he did not panic... pic.twitter.com/d5XAxyXhqz
- Sputnik Arabic (@sputnik_ar) March 23, 2024
"Russia Today" channel published an interview with Islam, who said, "It is better to die in battle than to let others die," and Islam stated that he followed all the instructions given to him by those concerned.
The boy's father, Islam, commented on his son's behavior by saying, "Islam was working part-time in the coat delivery department, and his son's workplace was on the ground floor of the building, where he rushed to open the doors for everyone so they could get out and survive."
Student Islam’s father tells how his son helped 100 people survive during the Crocus terrorist attack (video)
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- RTARABIC (@RTarabic) March 23, 2024
A video spread on social media platforms showing the boy Islam leading people out of the building, and as the clip spread, the pioneers of the virtual world in Russia and the Arab world praised the boy Islam’s courage, his quick action, and his saving the lives of nearly 100 people.
🙏🏻 15-10 days of the month of the month of Ramadan in the “Category” of 100 pieces of food. рракта
Школьник поимени Ислам подрабатывал гардеробщиком. This is the most important thing in the world. pic.twitter.com/lkZm9ruKiH
— Etna (@Etnaetoya) March 23, 2024
Tweeters said that while the West is trying to distort the image of Islam in the Russian attack, which they described as a terrorist, a heroic young man named Islam appears, and his name is highlighted in the incident and saves people’s lives because he directed them to the evacuation process and its location.
🔴🇷🇺: While the West was trying to distort the image of Islam during Russia’s terrorist attack, a heroic young man named Islam appeared, and his name emerged in the incident...
Islam is 15 years old and works part-time in the building that was attacked. At the moment of the attack, he led more than 100 people and saved their lives because he directed them to the evacuation process and the location of the evacuation...
The place where... pic.twitter.com/0oWJV4M8T4
—MOATH | Moaz (@M0ATH) March 24, 2024
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