In Las Vegas, the largest shooting of people in US history: what is known. VIDEO

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64-year-old American Stephen Paddock settled in the Mandalay Bay Hotel with 62-year-old girlfriend Maryla Danley on September 28. I went to the casino according to the documents of my wife, who is now behind the preles of the USA. I did not let the room cleaners. And October 1, on Sunday evening during the Route 91 music country festival, Paddock entered US history as the most brutal killer of modern America: he released 30 to 40 stores as guests of the concert, 59 people died, more than 520 were injured.

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Islamic State supporter

The Islamic State, through a news agency affiliated with it, issued a statement that the shooting in Las Vegas was carried out by its supporter. But local sheriff Joseph Lombardo said that authorities are not yet ready to classify what happened in Las Vegas as a terrorist attack.

According to a statement from the agency Amak, the shooter in Las Vegas converted to Islam several months ago. Read more: "Islamic State claims responsibility for Las Vegas shooting

Chronicle of events

According to Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo, before the crime, the man spent the evening in the hotel’s casino Mandalay Bay. There he used the documents of his wife (not Marila Danley, who was in his room), which is outside the United States.

At the height of the concert, a man climbed to the 32-th floor of the hotel. Mandalay Baylocated across the street from the site where the festival was held. The shooting was very intense, the man shot for several minutes almost continuously.

Some eyewitnesses say that the attacker fired 30 or 40 magazines - that is, about a thousand rounds of ammunition. Other witnesses give more modest estimates, but confirm that there were at least a hundred shots.

“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.” Read the details with photos and videos made by eyewitnesses: "Bullets ricocheting at my feet": eyewitnesses about the shooting in Las Vegas

There are no representatives of the Slavic diaspora among the victims.

According to preliminary data, Ukrainians were not found among the victims of the shooting in Las Vegas. This is reported by the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States on its page in Facebook.

“Preliminarily, our citizens are not among the dead or wounded,” the embassy reported. The diplomats reminded that all questions should be addressed to the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States and the Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco. In addition, these departments are in close cooperation with the city authorities, as well as law enforcement agencies, and will provide additional information about the progress of events.

The Russian Embassy also does not yet have data on Russians injured as a result of the shooting. “At the moment, we do not have information about Russian citizens injured in the shooting in Las Vegas. We requested relevant information from the American authorities through the State Department. Interaction on the spot is complicated by the fact that their recent decision liquidated the Consulate General in San Francisco, whose consular district included the state of Nevada,” the statement says.

Who is Stephen Paddock

Police said the suspect - 64-year-old Stephen Paddock - a resident of Mesquite, Nevada, was not a veteran of the American army and did not participate in hostilities anywhere. “We have no idea what he believed in,” said Lombardo. “At the moment, we believe that the attacker was a loner ...”. Read more: What is known about the shooter who shot people in Las Vegas at the moment

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The question of available weapons is again at the peak of relevance

The police special forces had to use explosives to get into his room. Later, the Las Vegas Police Department issued a press release in which, according to Interfax, it is said that the shooter was already dead when special forces broke into the room.

The state of Nevada, where Las Vegas is located, is known for fairly soft laws on the circulation of weapons, writes Newsweek. To purchase and carry weapons in this state do not need a special license. In addition, the law allows the sale of automatic weapons and does not limit the size of the store. Nevada law does not even require owners of firearms to register them and does not limit the number of weapons a person can possess.

The large-caliber automatic weapons that Paddock used in the year 1994 fell under the Federal ban, which expired in the year 2004.

Besides him, 10 units of firearms were found in the room. The type of weapons found is not yet specified.

According to the sheriff, during his stay at the hotel, Paddock did not let cleaners into the room.

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Chaos and horror

Eyewitnesses said that the stralba caused a hustle and panic, the wounded people fled to escape the shots. Having escaped from the scene, some in a state of shock roamed the streets in gory clothes. Read more: More 50 dead, 400 injured: shooting in Las Vegas. Eyewitness accounts.

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval thanked the doctors and nurses who were nearby at the time of the tragedy. Dozens of doctors responded to the shooting and, risking their lives, began to assist the victims.

US President Donald Trump expressed condolences on Twitter to the relatives of the victims and the wounded, calling the shooting in Las Vegas terrible. “God bless you,” Trump wrote.

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Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval also expressed condolences to the victims of the attack. “A tragic and horrific act of violence has shocked Nevada,” he tweeted.

The president also ordered lowered flags over the White House, US government buildings in the country and abroad, according to a statement by the White House press service on Monday.

American country singer Jake Owen, who took part in a music festival Route 91 Harvestwhere an unknown person opened fire, wrote about what happened in Twitter. He reported on shots and encouraged subscribers to pray.

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“I was watching something unimaginable today. We are fine. Others are not. Please pray, ”he wrote.

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