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The suspect in the attack on Salman Rushdie has been identified as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, however the motive for the attack remains unknown.
“Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, was identified as the culprit. Earlier today, around 10:47 a.m., the speaker Rushdie,75, and Henry Reese,73 had just arrived at the institution’s stage when the suspect jumped out and attacked at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen “Major Eugene J. Staniszewski, State Police Troop Commander, stated at a news conference.
According to the authorities, numerous members of the institution and the audience responded promptly to the incident and tackled the suspect to the ground.
According to Major Staniszewski, a doctor in the audience “immediately initiated first aid for Rushdie” following the attack. The police did not share much about the suspect.
Earlier, Salman Rushdie was “stabbed” on stage in Western New York state after receiving death threats for his novel “The Satanic Verses.”
Earlier, New York Governor Kathy Hochul stated that the author is alive and has been brought to a local hospital.
According to the New York State Police, a man suspect came up onto the stage prior to a speaking event at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua and attacked Rushdie.
According to the report, the author sustained a knife wound to the neck and was flown to a nearby hospital by helicopter. A suspect has been arrested.
According to the authorities, the interviewer with Rushdie was also attacked during the event and sustained a minor head injury.
The statement began, “State Police are investigating the attack on author Salman Rushdie before to a speaking event at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, NY.”
The seventy-five-year-old author, who rose to prominence with his 1981 novel ‘Midnight’s Children,’ had received a fatwa for his 1988 book. The Satanic Verses novel resulted in a fatwa, or religious ruling, issued by then-Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. He had to go into hiding for several years because of the threat.
In response to the event, famous Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar decried the heinous crime. “I strongly condemn some fanatic’s cruel attack on Salman Rushdie. I hope that the NYPD and the court take the harshest possible penalties against the attacker “Javed Akhtar sent a tweet.
Priti Patel, the UK Home Secretary, added, “The unjustified and mindless attack on Sir Salman Rushdie has shocked and outraged me. We cherish freedom of expression, and attempts to undermine it will not be accepted. Sir Salman and his family are in my thoughts.”
The statement reads, “State Police are investigating an assault on author Salman Rushdie before a speaking appearance at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York.” “I hope Salman Rushdie is okay,” Stephen King, an American author, commented.
According to Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, no analogous event of a public violent attack on a literary writer on American territory can be found.
“PEN America is reeling from shock and sorrow at news of a brutal, premeditated attack on our former President and faithful friend, Salman Rushdie, who was apparently stabbed multiple times while speaking on stage at the Chautauqua Center in new York City,” Nossel said.
