We quite often see in the news about the high rate of bomb blasts. This time, another bomb blast was planned by ISIS in Iraq. But it was unsuccessful due to a hero who attained heaven.

Najih Shaker Al-Baldawi, a local resident of Balad city in Iraq stopped a suicide bomber from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) from claiming many lives at his town’s Sayyed Mohammad Shrine.

An honourable man from #Balad, Najih Shakir,holds the suicide bomber & attains martyrdom,preventing many more deaths pic.twitter.com/fFKZhxZvv7

— Mohammed Al-Hilli (@malhilli) July 8, 2016

According to the reports, the attack was planned and aimed to destroy the shrine. Najih physically stopped the terrorist from entering the shrine, hugging him before his explosive-laden vest detonated, killing them.

Najih had done great job sacrificing his life for many people around him. He managed to take direct impact of the explosion, reducing the death toll at the Shrine. According to a Joint Operations, 70 people were injured in this attack.

ISIS bombers disguised themselves as a local militia in an attempt to storm and destroy what is considered one of Iraq’s most important Shia shrines. However, Najih’s sacrifice ensured that the shrine was not damaged and saved hundreds of lives.