Mohammad Bashir
Mohammad Bashir was a wrestler from Pakistan. He won the bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class at the 1960 Rome Olympics. This was Pakistan's first-ever individual Olympic medal. Bashir remains the only Pakistani wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
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Jul 23, 2026
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Bashir was jailed for driving a friend to conduct hostile reconnaissance at a military base, plotting an attack connected to the Manchester synagogue attacker.
The case heightens centrist concerns about homegrown terrorism and the adequacy of surveillance and sentencing in preventing lone-wolf attacks.