She wore a black mask and was stabbed several times: the suspect in the Rushdi attack - a supporter of the Iranian regime
Hadi Mater, 24 years old from New Jersey, is the suspect in the stabbing of the Indian author Salman Rushdie during a lecture he delivered in front of hundreds of people in New York.
The motive for the attack has not yet been determined and the police are now investigating whether there are any other charges against him in the past.
Rushdi is breathing in the hospital and suffers from serious injuries to his body
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08/13/2022
Saturday, August 13, 2022, 07:22 Updated: 10:29
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He was stabbed during a lecture he gave in front of hundreds of people.
Salman Rushdie (Photo: Public Relations)
Hadi Matter, 24 years old from New Jersey, is the suspect in the stabbing of the Indian author Salman Rushdie yesterday (Friday) during a lecture that he delivered in front of hundreds of people in New York.
The motive for the attack has not yet been determined and the police are now investigating whether there are any other charges against him in the past.
Mater, emerged from the audience wearing a black mask, and attacked Rushdie and the interviewer who were on stage.
It was also reported in the media in the United States that Mater expressed sympathy for the regime in Iran, which for many years called for the assassination of Rushdie.
The 75-year-old Rushdie provoked the wrath of the Muslim community following his book "Satan's Verses" and over the years he suffered threats on his life.
After yesterday's attack, he was taken by helicopter to one of the hospitals in the area, and hours later his agent Andrew Wiley informed that he was breathing, and suffering serious injuries to his body.
"The news is not good," Wiley said in a statement to the media hours after the attack.
"Salman will probably lose one eye; the nerves in his arm are damaged and so is his liver."
Rushdie was born and raised in Mumbai to a Muslim family of Kashmiri origin.
When he was 13, he was sent to study in the UK, where he was later accepted to the University of Cambridge and graduated with honors.
His first book, "Greymus", which he published in 1975, was not well received and was even criticized for not being relevant to the British people.
But later, Rushdi published another book, "Midnight's Children", and won several prestigious English awards for his writing.
In 1988, Rushdie published his controversial fourth book "The Satanic Verses", which was even banned in some countries on the grounds that it contained "blasphemy".
About a year after the publication, the leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a halachic ruling calling for the assassination of Rushdie, and offered three million dollars for it.
As a result, Rushdie was forced to hide for nine years and even began walking around with a close security guard.
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Writers and friends supported Rushdie, and expressed their feelings about the case in messages they posted on social networks.
"I'm shocked to see my friend attacked - he's a good, brilliant man and I hope he's OK," said author, poet and screenwriter Neil Gaiman.
"I feel very ill right now," said author JK Rowling.
"What shocking news that Salman Rushdie has been stabbed. It's terrible. I'm confused," said cookbook author, journalist and Jewish broadcaster Nigella Lawson.
Writer Stephen King also responded to the case and wrote on social media: "I hope Salman Rushdie is okay."
King previously expressed support for Rushdie's book, for example a few years ago, when he contacted the manager of a book chain that decided not to sell the book "The Satanic Verses", and presented him with an ultimatum: "If you don't sell it - then you don't sell Stephen King" .
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