Aitzaz Hasan
Pakistani schoolboy
Aitzaz Hasan Bangash (c. 1999 - 6 January 2014; Urdu: اعتزاز حسن) was a 15-year-old Pakistani student who died on 6 January 2014 while preventing a suicide bomber from entering his school in Ibrahimzai, in the Hangu district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in north-west Pakistan. More than 2,000 students were attending classes at the time of the incident. The school was later renamed to Aitzaz Hasan Shaheed (martyr) High School. His death anniversary is observed annually throughout Pakistan. His life is covered by the biographical film Salute.
Aitzaz's successful effort in saving his classmates captured the hearts of the nation, and he was hailed as a martyr and national hero. The government of Pakistan posthumously awarded him the Sitara-e-Shujaat (Star of Valour). He was named as the Herald (Pakistan)'s Person of the Year for 2014.
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Aitzaz lived in Ibrahimzai, a village in north-west Pakistan.
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