Salman Rushdie attacker lived in mum's basement watching Netflix and playing games
dailystar.co.ukmurder author Sir Salman Rushdie has admitted that he spends most of his time in his mother's basement playing video games.The Satanic Verses novelist had been stabbed at an event in Chautauqua, New York, on Friday (August 12) after years of receiving death threats and being a target on Al Qaeda’s hitlist.The famous and controversial author is reported to have been stabbed 15 times with one of the wounds being to his neck during the on-stage attack.
He was airlifted to hospital following the attack.READ MORE: Salman Rushdie was 'lying in pool of blood' after being stabbed as his attacker is namedThree law enforcement sources identified the alleged attacker as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey.
He denies attempted murder.Sir Salman had been due to give a speech at the Chautauqua Institution, which was evacuated.Police said a man ran on stage and set upon the author and his interviewer.Witnesses claim Sir Salman was stabbed or punched 10 to 15 times.One witness told the New York Times that Sir Rushdie had been "lying in a pool of his own blood" following the attack.Giving his first interview from jail, the alleged attacker spoke to the New York Post.He told them: “I don’t like the person.
I don’t think he’s a very good person. I don’t like him - I don’t like him very much.“He’s someone who attacked Islam, he attacked their beliefs, the belief systems.“I respect the ayatollah - I think he’s a great person and that’s as far as I will say about that,"Sir Salman was given immediate medical treatment on-site, before being airlifted to a local trauma centre.A few days later, his son Zafar said that while he has “life-changing injuries”, his road to recovery “had begun”.And this was a shock to the wannabe murder.
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