Writer Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker charged with attempted murder

New York authorities blamed this Saturday Hadhi Matarthe alleged author of the stabbing of writer Salman Rushdie, attempted murder and assault and remains in custody without bail.

Not much is known about the 24-year-old Matara, other than the fact that he lives in the neighboring state of New Jersey, and it is also unknown what prompted him to attack the author of the novel.satanic verseswho survives with artificial respiration.

“We have reached out to our colleagues in New Jersey, where the attacker is from, to share information and help them better understand the planning and preparation that preceded the attack so that we and the various agencies involved can determine what other charges, if applicable, they should be. executed,” the prosecutor’s office in Chatauqua County, upstate New York, said, according to local media.

“We will try to be as transparent as possible without compromising the case,” the prosecutor’s office also said.

How did the attack happen?

Salman Rushdie was stabbed Friday on the stage of an educational institution in upstate New York shortly before he was due to give a lecture. The authorities identified Matar as the aggressor and arrested him at the same place.

After the attack, the writer was flown by helicopter to Eyre Hospital in Pennsylvania, where “he was still in the operating room” six hours after the attack, giving an indication of the severity of his condition.

“The news is not good. Salman he is likely to lose an eye, he has severed nerves in one arm, and his liver has been stabbed and damaged,” he said. The newspaper “New York Times, Andrew Wileyyour book agent.

Since 1989 it has been hanging over Rushdie death sentence when Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa condemning the publication of his book.”satanic verses”, is considered blasphemous for its criticism of Islam. (According to EFE)

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