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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Washington - Hiba al-Qudsi

UNCOVERED: Us court orders rushdie stabber remain held - Caught on Camera

Hadi Matar, the man accused in the attempted murder of British author Salman Rushdie, appears in court for a procedural hearing at Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, New York on August 18, 2022. (Abgela Weiss/AFP)

A court in New York ordered that the man accused in the stabbing attack on novelist Salman Rushdie remain held.

Hadi Matar was arraigned at the Chautauqua County Courthouse on an indictment returned earlier by a grand jury that charged him with one count of second-degree attempted murder, which carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison, and one count of second-degree assault.

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