Aitzaz Hasan: Tributes to Pakistan teenager killed when he stopped a bomber

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Tributes have been pouring in for a Pakistani teenager who was killed on Monday when he tackled a suicide bomber targeting his school in the Hangu area.

Aitzaz Hasan, 15, was with friends outside school when they spotted a man wearing a suicide vest.

Despite the pleas of his fellow students, he decided to confront and capture the bomber who then detonated his vest, his cousin told the BBC.
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The incident took place on Monday in Ibrahimzai, a Shia-dominated region of Hangu, in north-western Pakistan. There were almost 2,000 students in attendance at the time of the attack, media reports say.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25663992

[JimDandy]

1. As a mom I weep for his loss, but, damn, that was so brave of him!

Who among us civilians in the world would have confronted a known suicide bomber?

[cosmicone]

2. What a great hero at a young age!

I hope they erect statues in his honor and give him a place in history.

However, knowing Pakistani terror groups (actively supported by the military and ISI), he will be maligned and his family ostracized