From a Justice Department press release; Matar can be awaiting trial for homicide in New York state court docket:
A grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Hadi Matar, 26, of Fairview, New Jersey, with trying to supply materials assist to Hizbollah, a chosen overseas terrorist group, participating in an act of terrorism transcending nationwide boundaries and offering materials assist to terrorists.
“We allege that in trying to homicide Salman Rushdie in New York in 2022, Hadi Matar dedicated an act of terrorism within the identify of Hizbollah, a chosen terrorist group aligned with the Iranian regime,” stated Lawyer Common Merrick B. Garland. “The Justice Division will prosecute those that perpetrate violence within the identify of terrorist teams and undermine the fundamental freedoms enshrined in our Structure.” …
Based on the court docket paperwork and statements made by the federal government in court docket, between September 2020 and August 2022, Matar, tried to supply materials assist and sources to Hizbollah, a chosen overseas terrorist group. Matar did this by trying to hold out a fatwa calling for the execution of Salman Rushdie, which Matar understood was endorsed by Hizbollah.
The indictment additional alleges that Matar tried to kill and did in truth assault Rushdie. Matar was motivated, partly, by a 2006 speech given by Hizbollah Secretary Common Hassan Nasrallah, during which Nasrallah endorsed the fatwa calling for Rushdie’s dying, which was initially issued in 1989….
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed harmless till confirmed responsible past an affordable doubt in a court docket of regulation.
The indictment itself is here.
