Hadi Matar, 26, has been held without bail since the 2022 attack, during which Rushdie was stabbed more than a dozen times.
A man accused of severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York faces new terrorism charges. A three-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo on Wednesday charges Hadi Matar with attempting to provide material support to Hezbollah, a militant group based in Lebanon and backed by Iran. The indictment didn't detail what evidence linked Matar to the group.
” Matar, 26, has been held without bail since the 2022 attack, during which he allegedly stabbed Rushdie more than a dozen times as the acclaimed writer was onstage about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution. Knife wounds blinded Rushdie in one eye. The event moderator, Henry Reese, was also wounded. Rushdie detailed the attack and his long and painful recovery in a memoir published in April.
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