Mujtaba Hussan (2nd L), brother of Aitezaz Hassan who was killed in a suicide bomb attack, sits with students of the high school next to a framed portrait of Hassan in a classroom at the Government High School Ibrahim Zai in Hangu district, bordering North Waziristan January 10, 2014. REUTERS/Syed Nadeem
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani schoolboy who died stopping a suicide bomber from attacking his school has been recommended for a national award, the prime minister's office said on Friday.
Aitezaz Hassan, 17, tackled the bomber as he tried to enter a government school in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Hassan and the bomber died but no other students or staff were hurt, police said.
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