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Salman Rushdie attack: suspect Hadi Matar charged with attempted murder

Suspect, 24, from Fairview, New Jersey remanded without bail over alleged attack on author in New York

The man suspected of stabbing the novelist Salman Rushdie at a literary festival in western New York on Friday faces charges of attempted murder and assault, authorities said on Saturday.

Investigators booked Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, with one count of attempted second-degree murder in Rushdie’s stabbing and one count of second-degree assault on a man who shared a stage with the author at the time of the attack, according to a statement from authorities.

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