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Remembering the hero: #TributeToAitzazHassan trends on Twitter

Dunya News

Family requested govt to award either Tamgha-e-Shujaat or Nishan-e-Haider award to Aitzaz.

(Web Desk/Dunya News) – Nation all across the country is observing second death anniversary of Aitzaz Hasan, a teenage student who sacrificed his life tackling a suicide bomber in an attempt to save the lives of over 2000 schoolmates in Hangu.

The 17-year-old Aitzaz was playing with friends outside school when they saw a man wearing a suicide vest heading towards the school. Aitzaz was then warned by fellow students not go near the bomber but the teenaged hero decided to face the fear and confront the apparent suicide bomber.

Hassan and the bomber died but no other students or staff were hurt, police said.

According to reports, banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi had claimed the responsibility of this terrorist attack.

The area where Hasan lived is home to many members of the minority Shiite Muslim sect who have often been killed by militants who view them as heretics.

Family’s response

The family and friends termed the actions of teenage hero as brave and insisted on celebrating his bravery instead of focusing on the sorrow brought about by his death.

"My son made his mother cry, but saved hundreds of mothers from crying for their children," Aitezaz s father, Mujahid Ali said.

Aitzaz Hasan’s cousin while speaking to a British media said that his cousin wanted to capture the attacker as he believed the bomber was going to attack his friends and other pupils inside the school building.

The family requested the government to award either Tamgha-e-Shujaat or Nishan-e-Haider award for the bravery of Aitzaz.

Hasan s death anniversary led to an outpouring of emotion on social networking site Twitter, where the hashtag #TributeToAitzazHassan trending on the top to applaud the valor of unsung hero. 

People tweeted while remembering the martyr and showed heartly appreciation to Hasan s bravery Some declared the student as Nation s hero who has lost his life to save the future of Pakistan

Twitterati prayed high rank for the hero in Jannah

A social media user paid tribute to Hasan by relating the even with Army Public School (APS) and Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) song

Tale of a Hero Aitzaz Hassan who saved his school mates from a suicide bomber illustrated by an artist


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