Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie’s attacker ‘surprised’ to learn author survived stabbingHadi Matar told the New York Post he had been planning to travel to see Rushdie since last winter, but wouldn't say if he was following Iran's fatwa on the controversial author.WorldAug 17, 2022
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Salman Rushdie attack: Iran denies involvement, lays blame on authorAn Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, though he justified the stabbing.CrimeAug 15, 2022
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Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ 2 days after New York attack: agent`The Satanic Verses'' author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York.CrimeAug 14, 2022
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Salman Rushdie attack is ‘a strike on freedom of expression’: Trudeau"No one should be threatened or harmed on the basis of what they have written. I’m wishing him a speedy recovery," Trudeau tweeted on Saturday.CanadaAug 13, 2022
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Salman Rushdie: Author on ventilator after being stabbed on New York stagePolice identified the attacker as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey. The motive for the attack was unclear, New York State Police said.CrimeAug 13, 2022
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Author Salman Rushdie attacked before lecture on New York stage, suspect in custodySalman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.WorldAug 12, 2022
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