Salman Rushdie attacker charged in US with backing militants

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Buffalo (US), July 24

A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group.

An indictment unsealed in US District Court in Buffalo on Wednesday charges Hadi Matar with providing material support to Hezbollah, a militant group based in Lebanon and backed by Iran.

The indictment didn’t detail what evidence linked Matar to the group. — AP

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