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Mahir Omar 22, becomes the youngest Master in East and Central Africa

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Master Mahir Omar poses next to his score target after classifier. [photo courtesy]

Mahir Omar’s dream of fitting into his father’s shoes in the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) shooting came alive on Thursday evening after he was pronounced Master, in the 5x5 classifier that happened at the Kirigiti shooting range,

Mahir shot 25 rounds on target in a time of 17.52 seconds raw time and one point down to earn him a total of 18.52 seconds and an automatic entry into Master class.

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