BREAKING: Police have identified the suspect in the stabbing of novelist Sir Salman Rushdie. Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, was taken into custody by the New York State Patrol
New York State Patrol officers detained Hadi Matar shortly after the stabbing of Salman Rushdie Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, was taken into custody by the New York State Patrol immediately after the Friday morning stabbing.
Law enforcement officials speaking in Jamestown, New York, alleged that the suspect jumped on stage and stabbed the writer at least once in the neck and once in the abdomen.The 75-year-old Indian-born British author is still currently undergoing surgery, police confirmed.Get your need-to-know latest news, feel-good stories, analysis and more
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