"Bullets ricocheting at my feet": eyewitnesses about the shooting in Las Vegas

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According to some eyewitnesses, the entire attacker shot 30 or 40 stores, that is, about a thousand rounds of ammunition. Other witnesses of the incident lead to more modest estimates, but they confirm that there were at least a hundred shots, writes Air force.

“The paths ricocheted around my legs, we all fell on the floor and tried to crawl,” said one eyewitness to the tragedy. “At first I thought that a technical problem had occurred, something was wrong with the stage, but then panic began around.”

“We were returning to the hotel from lunch and saw people running towards us in panic. One of them was covered in blood - and it became clear that something completely wrong was happening. Hearing machine gun fire, I grabbed my friend’s hand and we ran into the alleys,” says another woman who witnessed the incident.

“We heard a gunfire, and people just began to fall,” the witness shares what he saw. - People fled, and they continued to shoot. No one could hide. ”

During the incident, there were many Israelis who were witnesses to the incident.

Producer Betty Rukavi in ​​her Facebook wrote: “I am on a show ... They are shooting outside. The concert was interrupted, we were locked in the hall. No one comes in or out. ”

Kobi Benudis, an Israeli citizen permanently residing in Las Vegas, tried to go to the festival, but did not get tickets and stayed outside. He says: “I was very sorry that I did not get to the biggest country music festival in the whole region, and I was about to go home, but at that moment the chaos began. Judging by the sound, they shot from automatic weapons. At first the shots were single, and then the volleys rang out. People fled who where. I got to the house and heard the instructions of the authorities not to go anywhere. ”

Mendy Twig who rented a hotel room Mandalay Bay with his girlfriend Yael, at the sounds of shooting he locked himself inside, as the local police ordered. “For 7-8 minutes we heard shooting in volleys. Then the police and helicopters began to arrive here. It’s good that we were in the room, not outside - we were just about to go for a walk. ”

Yaakov Boyder, who was in a nearby casino, said that he had heard the shooting, after which everyone ran outside.

Hen, an Israeli who works at a Las Vegas hotel, says: “I talked to the security guard at my hotel. At the sound of shots, people ran in all directions, some were covered in blood, but they also ran. It’s unclear whether this is a terrorist attack, the main thing now is to catch the shooters.”

Iris, who was at the time of the incident at the Rio Theater, said: "Americans are more susceptible to panic than we are."

To date, the largest incident of this kind was considered shooting at a gay club. Press in the city of Orlando (Florida), which occurred in June 2016 of the year. Then Omar Matin, who swore allegiance to extremists, killed a 49 man, and 53 were injured.

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