Africa-Press – Botswana. The suspect in the attack on British writer Salman Rushdie has been charged with attempted second-degree murder, US authorities announced this Saturday, Reuters reports.
“The individual responsible for the attack the day before yesterday, Hadi Mattar, has been formally charged with attempted second-degree murder and second-degree assault,” Chautauqua County Attorney General Jason Schmidt said in a statement.
“He was indicted on these charges last night and held without bail,” the statement added.
British writer Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial ‘Satanic Verses’ and the target of a death sentence for more than 30 years, was hooked up to a ventilator after he was stabbed on Friday in New York state.
“Salman will likely lose an eye; the nerves in his arm were cut and he was stabbed at the level of the liver,” Rushdie’s agent said. -American from New York.
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