Salman Rushdie, 75, the author of “The Satanic Verses,” was fatally stabbed Friday, July 13 at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York as he began a conference on freedom of expression. Rushdie has since been taken off the ventilator and is now able to speak. Rushdie suffered multiple stab wounds to the right side of his neck, four to the stomach, a right eye puncture he could lose, two chest punctures and a right thigh laceration, according to the report. attorney Jason Schmidt. when the suspect appears. To get him to UPMC Hamot Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, he was airlifted.
Salman Rushdie
Aatish Taseer, a colleague of Rushdie, tweeted that the author was “off the fan and chatting (and joking).” Taseer later deleted the tweet, but Andrew Wylie, Rushdie’s agent, said it was accurate. The Daily Mail said it had withheld any additional information. Many people on Twitter spread the information.
Hadi Matar, the accused of stabbing Rushdie, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Saturday July 13. The 24-year-old has been charged with assault and attempted murder. He made the admission during a hearing at the Mayville Chautauqua County Courthouse. When Mr. Rushdie was arraigned, Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said, “This was a targeted, pre-planned and unprovoked attack on Mr. Rushdie.
Schmidt claimed Matar, a native of Fairview, New Jersey, took a bus to Chautauqua and was admitted to the educational facility two days before the event. It arrived a day or more before the occasion. He did not travel with a wallet. Cash and prepaid Visa cards were among his possessions. He was wearing a fake ID, according to Schmidt, who spoke to the New York Post.
Schmidt informed Judge Marilyn Gerace of the fatwa issued in 1989 by the Iranian government, then led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, against Rushdie. His wealth is irrelevant to me, so it has a big bearing on whether bail is granted or not. Schmidt, who advocated for Matar to be held without bail, said the program that was implemented yesterday was one that has been endorsed and endorsed by individuals and larger organizations that reach well beyond the Chautauqua County boundaries. The prosecution said, “Even if this court sets a bond of $1 million, we run the risk that that bond may be satisfied because of this.”
Gerace jailed Matar without posting bail. Nathaniel Barone, Matar’s lawyer, claimed after the hearing that his client had been “extremely open” and had no previous convictions. Matar appeared to support Iran and the Revolutionary Guards based on his social media activities. Additionally, he published articles endorsing Shia radicalism.
