NewPakistani student who died stopping suicide bomber hailed as local hero
Hundreds of people praise and commemorate bravery of 17-year-old who blocked attacker from nearing his school
People in Pakistan are praising a teenage boy who residents and police say died this week while trying to stop a suicide bomber who was targeting his school in the country’s violence-prone northwest.
Local police official Raheem Khan said Thursday that 17-year-old Aitzaz Hasan died on Monday in a remote village in Hangu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
A teacher at the school told investigators that he saw Hasan chasing the attacker and then saw the attacker detonate the bomb that killed the teen, Khan said.
Pakistani media reported that Hasan was late for school, which was why he was outside when the attacker approached the building.
My son made his mother cry, but saved hundreds of mothers from crying for their children
The English-language Express Tribune newspaper reported that Hasan’s father, Mujahid Ali, was living and working in the United Arab Emirates when the attack occurred. Many men in the impoverished region are forced to move abroad, especially to the Gulf, to provide for their families.