***Flawless Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 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.Aitzaz is being hailed as a hero in an outpouring of praise on social media.There have even been calls for him to receive the army's highest honour awarded to those who have sacrificed their life for their country, though it is unclear if he would be qualified to receive it as a civilian."We the citizens believe that State of Pk must award Nishan-i-Haider to Pk's brave son Shaheed Aitezaz," journalist Nasim Zehra tweeted on Thursday.ConfrontationThe 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."My cousin sacrificed his life saving his school and hundreds of students and school fellows," his cousin Mudassar Hassan Bangish told the BBC's Aleem Maqbool."The suicide bomber wanted to destroy the school and school students. It was my cousin who stopped him from this...destruction."He then described the sequence of events as related to him by witnesses at the school.Aitzaz's friends had urged him not to confront the suicide bomber but he ignored their pleas and decided to confront the man with the intention of halting him."So he told them 'I'm going to stop him. He is going to school to kill my friends'. He wanted to capture this suicide bomber. He wanted to stop [him]. Meanwhile the suicide bomber blasted himself which resulted in the death of my cousin," Mr Bangish said.He described Aitzaz as "brave" and a good student. "He always used to say 'I am always ready for my country'."His family insist that rather than focus on the sorrow brought about by his death, they want to focus on their pride in his actions."He is a shahid [martyr]. A shahid of his whole nation," he said.His family have also spoken of Aitzaz's actions in Pakistan's Express Tribune newspaper."My son made his mother cry, but saved hundreds of mothers from crying for their children," Mujahid Ali, Aitzaz's father is quoted as saying.More details at the source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25663992 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 What a good boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 You always think in your head that you'd be as brave and noble as that if the situation arose... I wonder how many people truly would have the balls to do that, well done that lad. Rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 What a hero.RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 True hero! RIP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlisOld Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I'm glad I'm not in school anymore, regardless of country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 kid is a hero in every sense of the word RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman007 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Hero and a savior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_H Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 You always think in your head that you'd be as brave and noble as that if the situation arose... I wonder how many people truly would have the balls to do that, well done that lad. Rest in peace.You do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 You always think in your head that you'd be as brave and noble as that if the situation arose... I wonder how many people truly would have the balls to do that, well done that lad. Rest in peace.You do?To which part of my post do you refer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I wonder why they couldn't get a group of people to restrain the guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NGOG Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 This is one of the bravest acts I've ever had the fortune of reading. There is something to be said about the conviction of youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Apparently he was 17, not 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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