Hero teenager saved hundreds after chasing suicide bomber

People in Pakistan are praising a teenage boy who died this week while trying to stop a suicide bomber who was targeting his school.

Local police official Raheem Khan said 17-year-old Aitzaz Hasan died on Monday in a remote village in Hangu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

A teacher at the school told investigators that he saw Hasan chasing the attacker and then saw the attacker detonate the bomb that killed the teenager.

Local resident Miqdar Khan said people in the violence-prone district were hailing the teen as a hero.

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.

The teen was known locally for openly criticising militants and his father says he saved hundreds of lives.