Hitoshi Igarashi, who translated “The Satanic Verses,” was fatally stabbed at a university near Tokyo where he taught Islamic culture. The crime remains unsolved.
TOKYO (NYTIMES) - The attack on Salman Rushdie in western New York state on Friday (Aug 12) prompted renewed interest in previous attacks on people connected to his 1988 novel, "The Satanic Verses", including its Japanese translator, who was killed in 1991. Read more at straitstimes.com.