Suspect who stabbed writer Salman Rushdie denies accusations

Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdiewas attacked with a knife at the conference he attended at the Chautauqua Institute in New York, USA, and was connected to a respirator at the hospital where he was taken.

24-year-old who stabbed Rushdie Come on MatarHe pleaded not guilty to attempted second-degree murder and second-degree assault in court in Chautauqua County, New York. The judge requested that Matar be kept in custody without bail. The prosecutor announced that if Matar is found guilty of attempted murder in his attack on Rushdie, he would face up to 25 years in prison. It was also stated at the event that Matar, who injured another speaker Ralph Henry Reese, could face up to 7 years in prison for this crime.

Rushdie was put on a ventilator as a result of the knife attack, and it was announced that the nerves in his arm and liver were seriously damaged and that he was at risk of losing one of his eyes.

THE ATTACKER IS THOUGHT TO BE A SYMPATHY OF THE IRAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS ARMY

An initial review of Matar’s social media accounts revealed that he had sympathy for Shiite extremism and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), but a definitive link has yet to be found.

BIDEN CONFIRMED THE ATTACK

In a statement after the attack on Rushdie, US President Joe Biden referred to Rushdie’s work and praised him, saying, “These are the building blocks of any free and open society.”