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Salman Rushdie attacker faces terrorism charges
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Hadi Matar, a 26-year-old US citizen of Lebanese descent, is accused of stabbing author Sir Salman Rushdie in 2022. Matar is charged with attempting to carry out a fatwa, which he believed was backed by the Hezbollah militant group, and providing material support to the organization. The charges were unsealed in a three-count indictment in Buffalo, following Matar's rejection of a plea deal. The incident occurred in August 2022, when Rushdie, now 77, was attacked at an arts gathering in New York state, resulting in the loss of his right eye's sight.
The defendant attempted to carry out a fatwa endorsed by Hezbollah that called for the death of Salman Rushdie.
We allege that in attempting to murder Salman Rushdie in New York in 2022, Hadi Matar committed an act of terrorism in the name of Hezbollah, a designated terrorist organization aligned with the Iranian regime.
I said, 'What's the lucky part?' and he said, 'Well, the lucky part is that the man who attacked you had no idea how to kill a man with a knife,'
The investigation was lengthy, for the last two years, and I'm sure involved a number of different agencies, a number of different countries and a number of individuals.
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sources
perspectives
- 1.Islamic Terrorism
- 2.Iran Foreign Policy
- 3.Freedom of Speech
- 4.Assassination Attempt
- 5.Islam
- 6.Stabbings
- 7.Literature
countries
organizations
- 1.Hezbollah
- 2.Arab League
- 3.Chautauqua Institution
- 4.Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 5.US Department of Justice
persons
- 1.Hadi Matar
- 2.Salman Rushdie
- 3.Nathaniel Barone
- 4.Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
- 5.Charles Kruly
- 6.Christopher Wray
- 7.Hassan Nasrallah
- 8.Henry Reese
- 9.Merrick Garland