Najih Shaker Al-Baldawi was a resident of Balad in Iraq, just north of Baghdad, Iraq.

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Heroic Death

On July 7th, 2016, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suicide bombers disguised as local militia tried to storm the Sayyid Muhammad bin Ali al-Hadi mausoleum in the city of Baladone of Iraq’s main Shia shrines in the most serious attack on a holy site since the destruction of another such shrine a decade ago sparked the country’s sectarian war.

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Najih observed one of the terrorist suicide-bombers strapped with explosives about to ignite near the gate and quickly rushed him to avoid a large scale death, getting blown away along with the ISIS suicide-bomber, saving an enormous crowd of hundreds.

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According to a Joint Operations spokesman in Iraq, the attack caused 70 injuries.

Instead of hundreds dying, only 37 were killed because of the heroic actions of a single Muslim man.

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The bombers, aided by gunmen, fought through a marketplace in Balad to the Sayyid Muhammad bin Ali al-Hadi mausoleum where they blew themselves up near its main gates.

Iraqi officials claim the Thursday night attack was the most brazen attempt yet by Isis to reignite sectarian chaos.

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