The New Jersey man charged with attempted murder in connection with a knife attack that severely wounded author Salman Rushdie now faces an additional federal charge.
FILE Hadi Matar, charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie , listens during an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, N.Y., Aug. 18, 2022. Rushdie doesn't have to turn over his personal notes about his 2022 stabbing to the man charged with attacking him, a judge ruled Thursday, July 18, 2024, rejecting the alleged assailant's contention that he is entitled to the material as he prepares for trial. An indictment unsealed in U.S.
Matar was born in the U.S. but holds dual citizenship in Lebanon, where his parents were born. He lived in New Jersey prior to the attack. His mother has said that her son became withdrawn and moody after he visited his father in Lebanon in 2018.
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