Police have said there is not yet any indication of a motive for the attack, though Sir Salman’s 1988 novelled to deaths threats that forced the author into hiding for 10 years after a fatwa was placed on him by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of Iran, who accused him of insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
The Asr Iran news site on Saturday carried an often cited quote by Khamenei that said the “arrow” shot by Khomeini “will one day hit the target”. Suspect Hadi Matar is of Lebanese descent and his family hails from the south Lebanon town of Yaroun, the town’s mayor Ali Tehfe told Reuters, though Matar was born and raised in the United States.
Sir Salman was stabbed several times in the neck and abdomen, with a doctor in the audience for the event rushing forward to provide first aid.that the news on his condition was “not good,” and that Sir Salman was unable to speak and could lose an eye after suffering serious injuries.
The charge should be terrorism!
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