AnyTV News The accused of attacking Salman Rushdie refused to say anything in his defense

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Hadi Matar (R), a person who attacked Salman Rushdie with a knife

Meville: In 2022, the accused in a knife attack on author Salman Rushdie has refused to say anything in his defense. After this, his lawyers ended their arguments without calling any witness. When Judge David Fole, Judge of ‘Chautaqawa County’, asked the accused Hadi Matar (27) if he wants to stand in the dock and say anything, he said, “No, I don’t want to say.”

Salman Rushdie testified

Earlier, on Thursday, the prosecution described the forensic expert as his last witness and thus the process of witnesses’ testimony for seven days was completed. During this, Rushdie himself also testified. The Matar Chautaqwa Institute is facing a trial in the Chautaqwa County Court in Western New York on the charge of attacking Rushdie. In this attack, 77 -year -old Rushdie lost an eye light and he suffered several serious injuries.

Matar raised slogans of liberation of Palestine

Whenever Matar was brought to the court room for hearing, he raised slogans of ‘Palestine of Palestine’ in front of the cameras of news channels several times. The hearing in another case is also going on against Matar in Buffalo. In this case, he is accused of attempting to help the terrorist group Hizbullah.

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Hadi Matar who attacked Salman Rushdie with a knife

Why the attack took place?

Salman Rushdie wrote the novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ and this was the reason that he was attacked. Rushdie wrote this novel in 1989. After this novel, a big Iran leader issued a fatwa to kill Rushdie for blasphemy, after which Salman Rushdie had to stay hidden for many years. After 33 years, in 2022, no one had thought that a 24 -year -old young man would do this kind of action. The Hadi Matar, who lives in New Jersey’s fair, was not even born at the time of the publishing and issuing fatwa.

Iran rewarded Matar

Let me tell you that Hadi Matar, who attacked Salman Rushdie in America, was also rewarded by a foundation in Iran. It was said by this foundation that he is giving a thousand square meter farming land to Matar. The special thing is that it was announced on Iran’s official TV. The Foundation also said that Rushdie was no longer less than the alive corpse.