• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder

Home> News

Updated 18:53 18 Aug 2022 GMT+1Published 18:35 18 Aug 2022 GMT+1

Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder

Hadi Matar was held without bail during a court hearing in New York

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie has plead not guilty to attempted murder.

The suspect, Hadi Matar, 24 was held without bail during a court hearing in New York.

Salman, 75, was about to deliver a lecture in Chautauqua on Friday before he was stabbed on Friday (August 12).

He is being treated in a Pennsylvania hospital for severe wounds and, despite 'life-changing' injuries, has retained his 'usual feisty and defiant sense of humour', his family previously said.

Advert

The 24-year-old, of Fairview, New Jersey, allegedly rushed on to the stage at, stabbing Salman multiple times in front of a crowd.

Abaca Press / Alamy Stock Photo

Andrew Wylie, literacy agent, said: "Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged."

Notably, he was taken off a ventilator on Saturday.

Advert

Rushdie, is known for his works such as The Satanic Verses, Midnight's Children and The Golden House.

The 75-year-old has experienced years of Islamist death threats after publishing his book The Satanic Verses in 1988.

Some Muslims felt the content of the book to be blasphemous, and it was banned in some countries due to the controversy.

If you have a story you want to tell, send it to UNILAD via [email protected] 

Featured Image Credit: PA Images / Alamy / Chautauqua County Jail

Topics: US News

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish has an MA in Multimedia Journalism and is passionate about delivering sarcastic/mildly amusing content. After studying business at undergrad, Anish realised that he’d much prefer getting paid to rant about a topic, rather than to find a solution to it. Apart from that, he loves the ‘Four F’s’, as he calls it - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

X

@Anish_Vij

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
15 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    Trump unleashes on ‘evil’ journalist after she asks question about Texas floods

    The Texas floods have killed at least 129 people, with at least 150 still missing

    News
  • 2 hours ago

    Chilling conversation pilots had seconds before Air India crash that killed 260

    A report has found how the aircraft was destroyed as well as the final moments before its collision with a medical college hostel

    News
  • 2 hours ago

    Air India report finds what caused crash that killed 260

    Preliminary findings into the Air India crash have been released by authorities

    News
  • 15 hours ago

    Scientists issue warning for surprising item people use that's 40 times dirtier than a toilet seat

    Scientists found that your travel companion is harboring a dirty secret

    News
  • Delphi suspect heard allegedly repeatedly confessing to murder in prison phone calls to wife
  • 92-year-old man arrested and found guilty of murdering woman born 133 years ago due to new DNA evidence
  • Doctor charged in connection to Matthew Perry's death is pleading guilty after making deal
  • Man to receive $38,000,000 payout after being wrongfully convicted of murder