The man accused of stabbing award-winning author Salman Rushdie last week on stage in western New York state has been indicted by a grand jury, his defense attorney and the
A judge has refused to grant bail to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York.
Hadi Matar did not respond on whether he was inspired by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who had issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie s death in 1989 after “The Satanic Verses” was published.