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He was reportedly shot outside of his home in the village of Jatli in Rawalpindi. The assailants fled the scene, and no arrests have been made or motive disclosed in the killing. Police in the Pakistan province of Punjab <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urdupoint.com\/en\/pakistan\/igp-takes-notice-of-murder-of-olympian-swimme-1446068.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are investigating<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mustafa Awan set <a href=\"http:\/\/pakswimfed.org.pk\/male_open.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a national record in the men\u2019s 200 breaststroke<\/a> at Pakistan\u2019s National Games in Islamabad in 2019. He won four gold medals <a href=\"http:\/\/pakswimfed.org.pk\/upload\/33rd%20National%20Games-Men.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at that event<\/a>, representing the Army team (he was, <a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2338200\/pakistans-professional-swimmer-gunned-down-in-rawalpindi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per reports<\/a>, employed by a government intelligence agency). He also swam a leg of the Pakistani record-holding mixed medley.<\/p>\n<p>Mustafa Awan represented Pakistan at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2021-fina-short-course-world-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FINA Short-Course Worlds just last month in Dubai<\/a>, finishing 42nd in the men\u2019s 50-meter breast and 57th in the 100 breast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Record Holder Muhammad Mustafa Awan, 23, Shot and Killed Muhammad Mustafa Awan, an elite swimmer from Pakistan, was shot and killed in his home country on Tuesday, per 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