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Pakistani teenager Aitzaz Hasan was hailed as a hero for sacrificing himself to save his school from a suicide bomber nine years ago. The incident occurred on Jan. 6, 2014, after the 15-year-old ninth grader reportedly arrived late to school in the remote village of Hangu, a district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and was told to stand outside the Government High School Ibrahimzai’s gate with two other schoolmates as punishment. Two of the students immediately ran when one of them spotted a detonator, but Hasan stayed to stop the bomber.
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