Salah Farah

Salah Abdow Farah was a Kenyan teacher who lost his life after defending his fellow passengers on a bus.

He survived the December 2015 attack but died on January 18, 2016, from complications after a surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his hip.

Kenyans launched an online fundraising activity, christened #HeroSalah, to raise money to support his young family.

He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Grand Warrior, a Kenyan civilian honour for risking your own life to save another, during the subsequent State of the Nation address.

[5]" Farah's story received international coverage, attracting the attention of German actress and filmmaker Katja Benrath.