More 50 dead, more 500 injured: Shooting in Las Vegas. Eyewitness accounts. - ForumDaily
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More 50 dead, more 500 injured: Shooting in Las Vegas. Eyewitness accounts.

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Unknown opened fire on country festival visitors near the casino Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. More than 50 people died, and about 400 were injured. Reports about it Miami Herald in Facebook. Shooter killed during a special operation.

Earlier it was reported that as a result of the attack killed 20 people and about 100 were injured. Thus, the shooting in Las Vegas was the largest in US history in terms of the number of casualties.

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.

An armed man, whose name is not revealed, started shooting at the people who came to the festival from the 32 floor of the hotel Mandalay Baylocated next to the casino of the same name. According to the police, he acted alone and had no associates.

Photos from the scene of events appearing in social networks show people lying on the ground in blood. Edition Los Angeles Times, citing eyewitnesses, claims that the shooting was intense. “Clip after clip, bullets were flying everywhere,” they quote the words of one of the witnesses to the incident.

The police broke down an operational headquarters near the casino and began a special operation.

According to Air force, the police asked not to broadcast on the network and on the air of their movement, so as not to reveal the arrow of the position of special forces. At the time of the operation, the airport located near the scene of the incident was temporarily suspended.

During the special operation, the suspect was shot dead.

Nearby were many Israelis who witnessed the incident.

According to the portal "NEWS", producer Betty Rukavi in ​​her Facebook wrote: “I’m at a performance... They’re shooting outside. The concert was interrupted and we were locked in the hall. Nobody comes in or out.” Kobi Benoudis, an Israeli citizen who permanently resides in Las Vegas, tried to enter the festival, but did not get tickets and remained outside.

He says: “I really regretted not going to the biggest country music festival in the whole region, and was about to go home, but at that moment chaos began. Judging by the sound, they were shooting from an automatic weapon. At first the shots were single, and then volleys were heard. People fled in all directions. I got home and heard the authorities order me 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 at the nearby Plant Hollywood casino, says he heard gunfire and everyone ran outside.

“One of the shooters appears to have been found dead and police are now searching for the others. The entire area is cordoned off. We are waiting for instructions on what to do."

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 not yet clear whether this is a terrorist attack, the main thing now is to catch the shooters.”

Iris, who was at the Rio Theater during the incident, notes: “Americans are more susceptible to panic than we are.” The Foreign Ministry reports that there is no information about Israeli casualties.

Shooting at the visitors of clubs and entertainment events happening in the United States is not the first time in recent times. In March, a visitor to a nightclub in Cincinnati opened fire on other people in the room, as a result one person was killed, another 14 was injured.

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