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Cops name suspect 'with sympathies toward Iranian government' who stabbed Salman Rushdie up to 15 times as man, 24, from New Jersey: Author is in surgery after being airlifted to hospital 33 years after Iran issued fatwah for The Satanic Verses
Daily Mail UK ^ | August 12, 2022 | Emma James

Posted on 08/12/2022 4:44:18 PM PDT by Morgana

New York State Police have identified the suspect in Friday's stabbing of novelist Salman Rushdie as a New Jersey man who, according to law enforcement sources, allegedly had 'sympathies toward the Iranian government.'

Rushdie, 75, whose novel 'The Satanic Verses' drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, remained in surgery Friday evening hours after being stabbed up to 15 times by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York.

Authorities confirmed that the attacker Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, was arrested at the scene and was awaiting arraignment. State police Maj. Eugene Staniszewski said the motive for the stabbing was unclear.

But law enforcement sources told The New York Post that an initial investigation suggests Matar is sympathetic to the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.

Rushdie, who has been the subject of death threats from the Iranian regime since the late 1980s, was attacked as he was being introduced to the stage for the CHQ 2022 event in Chautauqua, near Buffalo, on Friday morning.

Witnesses claim that Rushdie was stabbed 10 to 15 times, as Matar approached him from behind before rushing the stage. He is understood to have gained access to the grounds with a pass, police said.

Matar then managed to walk off the stage after the stabbing, before being restrained, as people rushed to assist Rushdie - who had been seated when he was assaulted. A doctor in the crowd helped administer CPR, before he was airlifted to hospital. He remained in surgery on Friday evening in Erie, Pennsylvania.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: chautauqua; fatwah; hadimatar; iran; iranian; irgc; jihad; newyork; qudsforce; rushdie; salman; salmanrushdie; whatshisfrnick

1 posted on 08/12/2022 4:44:18 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

“as man, 24, from New Jersey”

That’s not very descriptive without an exit number.


2 posted on 08/12/2022 4:46:13 PM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Morgana

This is horrible. Stabbed up to 15 times? Pray for Rushdie.


3 posted on 08/12/2022 4:48:03 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Morgana
And now a word from one of the biggest liars of all time.


4 posted on 08/12/2022 4:50:20 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

That statement did NOT age well. In fact it did not take a week for it to age well but what can you say?


5 posted on 08/12/2022 4:51:33 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

What can an Obama liberal gift of 100s of millions to Iran can do....


6 posted on 08/12/2022 5:04:56 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Leaning Right

“what difference does it make!”


7 posted on 08/12/2022 5:06:49 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: C210N

I am sure the FBI is on it, not like they do stupid thimgs like raid a pilitical opononent in Maralargo or something....


8 posted on 08/12/2022 5:08:40 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Morgana

Wouldn’t surprise me if Valerie Jarret sent this Iranian to kill Rushdie (with Obama’s approval)

How many more Iranian sleeper cells are just waiting for the signal from Obama?


9 posted on 08/12/2022 5:13:40 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci: You had one job and you failed!)
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To: Morgana

Have they released him already?


10 posted on 08/12/2022 5:17:05 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: JudgemAll

The FIB is either on it, or in on it.


11 posted on 08/12/2022 5:17:25 PM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: JudgemAll

“what difference does it make!”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

That’s what got us the Kenyanesian Usurpation.

Obama is not a natural born citizen.


12 posted on 08/12/2022 5:19:21 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Morgana

Boy, Muslims play the long game.

This guy wasn’t even born when the fatwa on Rushdie was issued. Impressive.


13 posted on 08/12/2022 5:47:20 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: Morgana

I’m sure the perp must have been a white supremacist, right Merrick Garland?


14 posted on 08/12/2022 5:56:58 PM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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To: Morgana

In any truly civilized country the assailant, when apprehended, would immediately be tried, convicted, sentenced to death, and hanged.


15 posted on 08/12/2022 6:16:35 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Democrat politicians and voters are dangerous psychopaths. They confirm it everyday.)
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To: Morgana

The Religion of Peace, according to George W Bush in the face of all historical evidence.........


16 posted on 08/12/2022 6:22:54 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: americas.best.days...

Yep. If Rushdie survives he won’t let his guard down again. He probably thought he was safe after all these years.


17 posted on 08/12/2022 6:36:08 PM PDT by uptowngirl
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Iranian leaders are celebrating the attack.

Biden is bending over to send billions to them and let them develop nukes.

Dark days. Every day seems to be worse news.


18 posted on 08/12/2022 8:25:14 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Morgana

“New Jersey” man my ass!


19 posted on 08/12/2022 8:37:07 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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