A State Police spokesman said Matar’s possible motives were under investigation.
But law-enforcement sources told The Post that Matar was sympathetic to the Iranian government, which in 1989 issued a fatwa, or religious edict, under then-their leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for Rushdie’s death over “The Satanic Verses.”
An initial investigation suggested Matar had posted on social media about his support of Iran and its Revolutionary Guard and in favor of Shia extremism more broadly, law-enforcement sources told The Post.
https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/salman-rushdie-on-a-ventilator-likely-to-lose-an-eye-after-attack/Yeah, duh...
https://twitter.com/karol/status/1558141028720431108Yet, to the KGB American parents are a preeminent threat...not uncounted untracked Jihadists...
