Rushdie assassin convicted of terrorism
July 2026, 03:32 Assassination attempt on author Rushdie attacker convicted of terrorism He stabbed Salman Rushdie more than a dozen times, since then the...
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He is accused of acting on the instructions of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia and executing a fatwa against Rushdie that has been in place since 1989. Matar stabbed Rushdie more than a dozen times at a reading by the world-renowned author in August 2022.
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He is accused of acting on the instructions of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia and executing a fatwa against Rushdie that has been in place since 1989.
according to 20 MinutenMatar stabbed Rushdie more than a dozen times at a reading by the world-renowned author in August 2022.
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