(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York was motivated by a Hezbollah leader’s endorsement of a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death, prosecutors said Wednesday in announcing new terrorism charges. The three-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo offered for the first time a potential motive for the 2022 attack on “The Satanic Verses” author. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Hadi Matar, a U.S.
Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Was Trying To Carry Out Fatwa, Prosecutor Says
CAROLYN THOMPSON / AP, Time: Entertainment
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 6:31am
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- Jurors won’t hear about fatwa in Salman Rushdie stabbing trial
The district attorney said jurors tasked with determining the fate of attacker Hadi Matar do not need to understand his motivation to attack Salman Rushdie.
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