JUST IN: A suspect has been charged with attempted murder in the attack on author Salman Rushdie at a speaking event in New York state.
Author Salman Rushdie appears at a signing for his book"Home" in London on June 6, 2017.A suspect has been charged with attempted murder in the attack on author Salman Rushdie at a speaking event in New York state.
State police were working with the Chautauqua County district attorney to determine "appropriate charges," Major Eugene Staniszewski, a troop commander for New York State Police, told reporters during a press briefing Friday afternoon. Police believe the suspect acted alone and were in the process Friday of obtaining search warrants for items including electronics and a backpack found at the scene that they believe belong to the suspect, Staniszewski said.The suspect had a pass to access the event, officials said.
"We'll continue to look at providing the maximum security that we can," Hill said. "This has never happened in our entire history. Chautauqua has always been an extremely safe place. We will continue to be working to keep that tradition going.""He rushed the stage, it looked like he was punching him," Patrick Fogarty told Erie, Pennsylvania, ABC affiliateJohn Stein told WJET he was worried about security given Rushdie's notoriety.
"Here is an individual who has spent decades speaking truth to power, someone who has been out there, unafraid, despite the threats that have followed him through his entire adult life," Hochul remarked during a press briefing on an unrelated matter on Friday.
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