Pak Army lauds brave teenager who stopped suicide bombers

January 11, 2014 22:26

The Pakistani military today described a 14-year-old boy who died while preventing a suicide attack on his school as a "martyr" who had sacrificed his "today for our better tomorrow".

"Brigadier Nadeem Zaki Manj, Local Commander in Hangu, visited the grave of young student Aitzaz Hussain (shaheed), who sacrificed his life to save hundreds of his school fellows from a suicide attack, laid a floral wreath on behalf of (the army chief) and offered (prayers)," said a statement from the military's media wing.

Manj conveyed army chief General Raheel Sharif's tributes to the boy's family.

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