He told the Ruptly agency about this.
According to Islam, he followed the crowd last to make sure he left no one behind.
“Instinct itself worked automatically: people need to be evacuated... I started shouting throughout the entire lobby of Crocus City Hall: “People, people, they’re shooting, they’re shooting,” he said.
The teenager added that he saw one of the terrorists - bearded, in green camouflage, with a machine gun. The militants were on the ground floor near the main entrance, and he worked on the ground floor, where the wardrobe is.
The teenager will be awarded the Russian Muslim Medal “For Merit.”
Earlier, the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin, nominated 15-year-old Islam Khalilov, who saved more than 100 people from Crocus City Hall, for the award.