Salman Rushdie stabbed in NY: Suspect identified as man from NJ

New York State Police have identified the suspect in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie as a man from New Jersey. Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, Bergen County, was to be arraigned Friday evening.

A Horrific Attack On Author Salman Rushdie

After decades of death threats and years in hiding, author Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage before a lecture in upstate New York.

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed at event in New York

Police in western New York are investigating an attack on author Salman Rushdie, who was preparing to speak at an event when someone rushed up and stabbed him in the neck.

Who is Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie CH FRSL is an Indian-born British-American novelist.

His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, set on the Indian subcontinent.

Rushdie’s second novel, Midnight’s Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be “the best novel of all winners” on two occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the subject of controversy, provoking protests from Muslims.

Death threats were made against him, including a fatwa calling for his assassination issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, in 1989. The British government put Rushdie under police protection.