The radical accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie blurted “Free Palestine” as he walked into the courtroom on Feb. 10.
Hati Matar, the 26-year-old New Jersey man who allegedly tried to kill the writer in upstate New York in 2022, made the statement as he walked by reporters at the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, New York — but otherwise remained quiet.
