A hero. Shoot me first, teacher told gunmen #PeshawarAttack As Peshawar today buried its dead, pupils from the Army Public School who survived the Taliban attack that left 148 people dead revealed how a young teacher, Afsha Ahmed, had given her life to save theirs. “The [gunmen] entered our classroom as we were sitting with our teacher,” one pupil, Irfanullah, who was shot in the chest and is recovering in hospital, told Newsweek Pakistan. “She seemed to understand what was going on before we did because she immediately stood up and prevented the terrorists from targeting us.” Speaking from his bed in Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital, the 15-year-old said that Ms Ahmed, herself aged only 24, had told the gunmen she would not let them shoot her charges. “Her last words to the terrorists were ‘You must kill me first because I will not see my students’ bodies lying in front of me’,” he said. “She was so brave.” The youngster, whose school bears the motto “I shall rise and shine”, said the gunmen were apparently unmoved by her words and threw something at her. “The next thing we knew, she was on fire,” he said. “Even while burning, she shouted at us to run away and find refuge.” The teenager told the magazine that felt guilty for abandoning his teacher and fleeing for his life, even though there was nothing he could have done to save her. “I feel so selfish for running away instead of trying to find a way to save her,” he said. “She is my hero … she was like a superwoman,” said Irfanullah. “Who will teach us now? - May Allah grant all the victims Jannah. Say Aameen
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:00:18 +0000
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