Tag: Stabbed

  • Salman Rushdie’s attacker faces fees of tried homicide, assault

    A 24-year-old man who stabbed Mumbai-born writer Salman Rushdie is dealing with fees of tried homicide and assault.

    Hadi Matar (24) being taken away by authorities after he attacked writer Salman Rushdie. (Image: Twitter)

    HIGHLIGHTSHadi Matar, who stabbed Salman Rushdie, faces fees of tried homicide and assaultOn Friday, the Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested the attackerMatar was processed at SP Jamestown and transported to Chautauqua County Jail

    A 24-year-old New Jersey man who stabbed Mumbai-born writer Salman Rushdie at a literary occasion in New York state is dealing with fees of tried homicide and assault, police mentioned on Saturday.

    The New York State Police Jamestown, which is investigating the assault previous to a talking occasion on the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, mentioned that on Friday the Bureau of Criminal Investigation arrested Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey for “attempted murder 2nd degree and assault 2nd degree”.

    Matar was processed at SP Jamestown and transported to Chautauqua County Jail and might be arraigned in centralised arraignment on Saturday.

    Meanwhile, Chautauqua County Executive Paul Wendel in a press release mentioned on behalf of all Chautauqua County residents, he extends his ideas and prayers to the household and mates of Rushdie.

    “The small tranquil community of the Chautauqua Institution has been shaken to its core by an act of violence, which has reverberated across Chautauqua County and Western New York. It is disappointing that we live in a society where we cannot listen to the differences of others, especially in a place like the Institution where thinkers and problem solvers from around the world come to share their stories,” he mentioned.

    Wendel thanked the entire emergency and regulation enforcement companies who he mentioned have accomplished an amazing job in responding to this horrific occasion. “It is through their quick response that they were able to mitigate the situation and capture the alleged assailant.” Rushdie, who confronted Islamist loss of life threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed by Matar on stage whereas he was being launched at a literary occasion of the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York, sending shockwaves throughout the literary world which condemned the incident as an assault on freedom of expression.

    He was on a ventilator with broken liver and will lose a watch, the 75-year-old author’s agent, Andrew Wylie, has advised the New York Times.

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  • Salman Rushdie assault: Praise, fear in Iran as authorities stays quiet

    Iranians reacted with reward and fear on Saturday over the assault on novelist Salman Rushdie, the goal of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his demise.

    It stays unclear why Rushdie’s attacker, recognized by police as Hadi Mattar of Fairview, New Jersey, stabbed the writer as he ready to talk at an occasion on Friday in western New York.

    Iran’s theocratic authorities and its state-run media have assigned no motive to the assault.

    But in Tehran, some keen to talk to The Associated Press supplied reward for an assault focusing on a author they imagine tarnished the Islamic religion together with his 1988 ebook “The Satanic Verses”.

    In the streets of Iran’s capital, photos of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini nonetheless peer down at passers-by.

    The second Salman Rushdie’s attacker was led off stage on the @chq. Via @AP.

    For greater than a century the Chautauqua Institution has been a summer time oasis for reflection, examine and prayer. Today it’s additionally against the law scene. pic.twitter.com/wP6J7doF1Y

    — Joshua Goodman (@APjoshgoodman) August 12, 2022

    “I don’t know Salman Rushdie, but I am happy to hear that he was attacked since he insulted Islam,” stated Reza Amiri, a 27-year-old deliveryman. “This is the fate for anybody who insults sanctities.” Others, nevertheless, apprehensive aloud that Iran might develop into much more lower off from the world as tensions stay excessive over its tattered nuclear deal.

    “I feel those who did it are trying to isolate Iran,” stated Mahshid Barati, a 39-year-old geography trainer. “This will negatively affect relations with many — even Russia and China.” Khomeini, ill within the final 12 months of his life after the grinding, stalemate Eighties Iran-Iraq conflict decimated the nation’s financial system, issued the fatwa on Rushdie in 1989.

    The Islamic edict got here amid a violent uproar within the Muslim world over the novel, which some seen as blasphemously making recommendations in regards to the Prophet Muhammad’s life.

    “I would like to inform all the intrepid Muslims in the world that the author of the book entitled Satanic Verses’ … as well as those publishers who were aware of its contents, are hereby sentenced to death,” Khomeini stated in February 1989, in line with Tehran Radio.

    This June 4, 2007 file picture reveals Iranians in Tehran attending ceremonies on the 18th anniversary of the demise of Iran’s late chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, exterior his shrine. (AP, File)

    He added: “Whoever is killed doing this will be regarded as a martyr and will go directly to heaven.” Early on Saturday, Iranian state media made some extent to notice one man recognized as being killed whereas attempting to hold out the fatwa.

    Lebanese nationwide Mustafa Mahmoud Mazeh died when a ebook bomb he had prematurely exploded in a London resort on August 3, 1989, simply over 33 years in the past.

    At newstands on Saturday, front-page headlines supplied their very own takes on the assault.

    The hard-line Vatan-e Emrouz’s predominant story coated what it described as: “A knife in the neck of Salman Rushdie.” The reformist newspaper Etemad’s headline requested: “Salman Rushdie in neighbourhood of death?” But the fifteenth Khordad Foundation — which put the over USD 3 million bounty on Rushdie — remained quiet at the beginning of the working week.

    File picture of novelist Salman Rushdie (AP)

    Staffers there declined to right away remark to the AP, referring inquiries to an official not within the workplace.

    The basis, whose identify refers back to the 1963 protests in opposition to Iran’s former shah by Khomeini’s supporters, usually focuses on offering assist to the disabled and others affected by conflict.

    But it, like different foundations often called “bonyads” in Iran funded partially by confiscated belongings from the shah’s time, usually serve the political pursuits of the nation’s hard-liners.

    Reformists in Iran, those that need to slowly liberalise the nation’s Shiite theocracy from inside and have higher relations with the West, have sought to distance the nation’s authorities from the edict.

    Law enforcement officers detain Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, exterior the Chautauqua Institution, August 12, 2022, in Chautauqua, New York. (AP)

    Notably, reformist President Mohammad Khatami’s overseas minister in 1998 stated that the “government disassociates itself from any reward which has been offered in this regard and does not support it”.

    Rushdie slowly started to re-emerge into public life round that point. But some in Iran have by no means forgotten the fatwa in opposition to him.

    On Saturday, Mohammad Mahdi Movaghar, a 34-year-old Tehran resident, described having a “good feeling” after seeing Rushdie attacked.

    “This is pleasing and shows those who insult the sacred things of we Muslims, in addition to punishment in the hereafter, will get punished in this world too at the hands of people,” he stated.

    Others, nevertheless, apprehensive the assault — no matter why it was carried out — might harm Iran because it tries to barter over its nuclear take care of world powers.

    Since then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the accord in 2018, Tehran has seen its rial forex plummet and its financial system crater.

    Meanwhile, Tehran enriches uranium now nearer than ever to weapons-grade ranges amid a collection of assaults throughout the Mideast.

    “It will make Iran more isolated,” warned former Iranian diplomat Mashallah Sefatzadeh.

    While fatwas might be revised or revoked, Iran’s present Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who took over after Khomeini has by no means achieved so.

    “The decision made about Salman Rushdie is still valid,” Khamenei stated in 1989. “As I have already said, this is a bullet for which there is a target. It has been shot. It will one day sooner or later hit the target.” As lately as February 2017, Khamenei tersely answered this query posed to him: “Is the fatwa on the apostasy of the cursed liar Salman Rushdie still in effect? What is a Muslim’s duty in this regard?”

    Khamenei responded: “The decree is as Imam Khomeini issued.”

  • Who is the 24-year-old man who attacked Salman Rushdie?

    Minutes after writer Salman Rushdie was stabbed on Friday, police took a 24-year-old man into custody. Rushdie, an Indian-origin best-selling writer based mostly within the UK, was attacked at a ebook occasion at New York’s Chautauqua Institution on Friday night. Eyewitnesses stated the incident occurred minutes after the writer took his seat on the stage and was about to be launched.

    The 75-year-old, who was born in Bombay, has confronted Islamist demise threats for years for writing the novel ‘The Satanic Verses’. The ebook was banned shortly after publication in a number of international locations, together with India, and triggered a fatwa in opposition to Rushdie by Iran’s then Supreme Leader.

    “A man jumped up on the stage from I don’t know where and started what looked like beating him on the chest, repeated fist strokes into his chest and neck,” Bradley Fisher, who was within the viewers, advised information company Reuters. Shortly afterwards, the attacker was taken into police custody. Here’s what we all know of him.

    Who stabbed Salman Rushdie?

    Law enforcement officers have recognized the attacker as Hadi Matar. The 24-year-old man reportedly hails from New Jersey.

    A plain-clothed police officer stands close to the doorway of the constructing the place alleged attacker of Salman Rushdie, Hadi Matar, lives in Fairview, New Jersey, US, August 12, 2022. (Reuters)

    Police didn’t describe the weapon used. They stated they haven’t zeroed in on the motive. “But we are working with the FBI, the Sheriff’s Office and we will determine what the cause of this was and what the motive for this attack was,” stated Major Eugene Staniszewski of the New York State Police, reported PTI.

    How the occasions unfolded

    Staniszewski stated at 10.47 am native time (8.17 pm IST), Rushdie had simply arrived on stage on the Chautauqua Institution for the occasion.

    “Shortly thereafter, the suspect jumped onto the stage and attacked Rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen,” he stated.

    Police recognized the person who attacked writer Salman Rushdie as Hadi Matar. He was arrested on the scene and was awaiting arraignment.

    State police Major Eugene J. Staniszewski stated the motive for the stabbing was unclear.https://t.co/zpbIbfBzWp pic.twitter.com/vpoIkImXk8

    — The Associated Press (@AP) August 12, 2022

    Staniszewski stated a number of members of the workers on the establishment and viewers members rushed the suspect and took him to the bottom. A trooper with the New York State Police, who was on the establishment, took the suspect into custody with the help of a Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputy.

    Photographs confirmed a person, carrying a military fatigue shirt and jacket and sporting a buzzcut being frog-marched to a police car.

    Where is Matar from?

    While addressing a press convention, Staniszewski was requested of Matar’s nationality, to which he replied: “I don’t know yet.”

    He stated authorities are within the “process of obtaining search warrants for various items. There was a backpack located at the scene. There was also electronic devices”. He added that in the intervening time, it’s assumed that the suspect was “working alone”.

    Rushdie was supplied with fast assist by a physician who was current within the viewers, and was later tended to by the emergency companies and airlifted to a hospital, stated the police.

  • Anyone important of Islam…: Taslima Nasreen as Salman Rushdie stabbed in US

    Bangladeshi creator Taslima Nasreen stated that if Salman Rushdie, who was residing in safety within the US, may very well be attacked, then anybody important of Islam might meet the identical destiny.

    Bangladeshi creator Taslima Nasreen (Photo: Facebook/Taslima Nasrin)

    Bangladeshi creator Taslima Nasreen on Friday condemned the assault on creator Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed whereas he was about to ship a lecture in western New York.

    Taking to Twitter, Nasreen stated that she was “shocked” and stated that if Rushdie was attacked, then anybody who was important of Islam may very well be attacked.

    I simply discovered that Salman Rushdie was attacked in New York. I’m actually shocked. I by no means thought it could occur. He has been residing within the West, and he has been protected since 1989. If he’s attacked, anybody who’s important of Islam may be attacked. I’m frightened.

    — taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) August 12, 2022

    Rushdie, 75, was apparently stabbed within the neck as he was being launched on stage. Video footage from the occasion confirmed individuals speeding to Rushdie’s assist after he was stabbed by a person.

    “Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital. His condition is not yet known. The interviewer suffered a minor head injury. A state trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody,” the New York Police stated in an announcement.

    Meanwhile, the suspected assailant has been reportedly taken into custody.

    Hundreds of people that gathered on the Chautauqua institute have been evacuated following the assault on Rushdie.

    Salman Rushdie rose to prominence together with his Booker Prize-winning 1981 novel “Midnight’s Children,” however his identify grew to become recognized around the globe after The Satanic Verses. The e book has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims contemplate it to be blasphemous.

    Later, Iran’s late chief, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s loss of life.

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  • Farm supervisor discovered murdered in Idukki’s Marayoor

    By Express News Service

    IDUKKI: A 60-year-old farm supervisor was overwhelmed and stabbed to loss of life in Pallanadu within the Marayoor panchayat of Idukki district on Wednesday.

    The deceased has been recognized as Benny Mathew, a resident of Anachal close to Munnar. The police have taken into custody Yadhu Krishanan (26), of Pious Nagar, Kanthalloor in reference to the case.

    As per police sources, the incident occurred on Wednesday at 10.30 pm at a farmhouse positioned in Pallanadu, the place Benny was staying.

    Benny was additionally a social employee engaged in serving to disabled individuals and the accused is claimed to be a mentally challenged individual. Both knew one another as Benny had been serving to him and two others with disabilities in his household, for remedy and different functions.

    On Wednesday evening, Benny and Yadhu arrived on the farmhouse in Pallanadu. As per the assertion given by Yadhu to the police, the duo entered right into a verbal combat on the home, which lastly led to the accused beating him and stabbing him to loss of life.

    An investigation is progressing beneath the management of Marayur police. Meanwhile, Benny’s physique will probably be taken for autopsy in a while Thursday.