Rushdie attacker indicted on terrorism charges 'in the name of Hezbollah'
naharnet - 7/25/2024 10:38:12 AM - GMT (+2 )
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naharnet - 7/25/2024 10:38:12 AM - GMT (+2 )
A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York was motivated by a Hezbollah leader's endorsement of a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death, prosecutors said Wednesday in announcing new terrorism charges.
The three-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo offered for the first time a potential motive for the 2022 attack on "The Satanic Verses" author.
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