Rushdie stabbing suspect charged with attempted murder
The man suspected of stabbing Salman Rushdie at an event in the United States on Friday has been charged with attempted murder.Mr Matar ran onto the stage and attacked Mr Rushdie and an interviewer at the event in western New York state.Mr Rushdie, 75, has faced years of death threats for his novel The Satanic Verses, which some Muslims see as blasphemous.
The interviewer who was with Mr Rushdie, Henry Reese, suffered a minor head injury and was taken to a local hospital. Mr Reese is the co-founder of a non-profit organisation that provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of persecution. The IRGC is a major military and political force in Iran - however, no link has been definitively established.
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