Tehran denied any link with the young man, accused for aggression and attempted murder. But the latter has continued to leave references to Iran, revolution guards and the Lebanese Shiite Movement Hezbollah.
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Iranian ultra -presenter see him in him a hero. Whoever, “aware of his duty”, “attacked the apostate”. If, at this stage, no direct link was established between the 24 -year -old man who stabbed the author of the Satanic verses, Salman Rushdie, on August 12, during a conference in the northern state From New York (United States) and Iran, the eyes are on the Islamic Republic, which seems to fascinate the author of the attempted murder. Monday, August 15, Tehran denied any involvement in the attack, while continuing to invect the writer, hospitalized.
Originally from New Jersey, Hadi Matar was born on the American soil of parents emigrated from Lebanon and from the locality of Yaroun. The village, attached to the Israeli border, is a fief of Hezbollah, the Shiite armed movement funded by Iran. According to his mother, interviewed by the British daily Le Daily mail , he had returned” changed “and more religious of a trip in 2018 in Lebanon. Questioned by the Lebanese newspaper the orient day , hezbollah officials, who refused to comment on the case publicly, assured not know it.
Mutic, Hadi Matar appeared briefly on Saturday before a New York State court, where his lawyer pleaded not guilty during the indictment hearing. Hold in detention, he was charged with assault and attempted murder. He risks up to twenty-five years in prison in the event of a conviction.
The County Prosecutor of Chaattaqua – The city where the attempted assassination takes place -, who opposed any bond, did not fail to refer to the support which the accused could benefit from To the premium that Ayatollah Khomeyni had promised in 1989 to anyone who would murder Salman Rushdie.
“Even if this court had to set a deposit of a million dollars, there is a risk that it will be paid,” he said. “His own financial resources do not count. [The attack] which took place is something that has been approved by much more important groups and organizations, and far beyond the jurisdictional boundaries of the County of Chautauqua,” said Added Mr. Schmidt, who ensures that Hadi Matar has premeditated his gesture.
Arrived the day before the attempted murder, equipped with a false identity document, Hadi Matar had gone by bus to Chaattaqua from New Jersey. He had a ticket to access the cultural center where he attacked Salman Rushdie dagger.
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