ATTACKER OF SALMAN RUSHDIE FACES ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ASSAULT CHARGES

Sat 13 August 2022:

Police said on Saturday that a 24-year-old New Jersey man who stabbed Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie at a literary event in New York state is facing attempted murder and assault charges.

The New York State Police Jamestown, which is investigating the attack on prior to a speaking event at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, said that on Friday the Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey for attempted murder 2nd degree and assault 2nd degree .

Police in western New York are investigating an attack on author Salman Rushdie, who was preparing to speak at an event when someone rushed up and stabbed him in the neck. His agent later said he has been placed on a ventilator and will likely lose an eye.#SalmanRushdie pic.twitter.com/o1pQWk2n74

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Matar was processed at SP Jamestown and transported to Chautauqua County Jail and will be arraigned in centralised arraignment on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Chautauqua County Executive Paul Wendel in a statement said on behalf of all Chautauqua County residents, he extends his thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Rushdie.

Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed by Matar on stage while he was being introduced at a literary event of the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York, sending shockwaves across the literary world which condemned the incident as an attack on freedom of expression.

He was on a ventilator with damaged liver and may lose an eye, the 75-year-old writer’s agent, Andrew Wylie, has told the New York Times.

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