The 24-year-old will be charged with those allegations, Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said on Saturday. He was taken into custody. According to a US media report, the suspect is said to have sympathized with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Just two weeks ago, Rushdie himself said of Iranian clerics calling for an assassination attempt: “That was a long time ago, you know, but my life is now relatively normal again.”
Emergency surgery and ventilator
The writer was attacked with a knife by an assailant on stage at a lecture event in upstate New York on Friday. After an emergency operation, the 75-year-old was put on a ventilator. According to his literary agent Andrew Wylie, Rushdie is likely to lose an eye. In addition, nerves in one arm were severed and his liver injured. The police arrested a 24-year-old from the state of New Jersey as the alleged perpetrator. She has not yet commented on a motive for the crime. The attack sparked outrage around the world.
Source: Nachrichten
