人工呼吸器外れて

承前*1

Ramon Antonio Vargas “Salman Rushdie ‘road to recovery has begun’ but ‘will be long,’ agent says” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/14/salman-rushdie-is-off-ventilator-and-able-to-talk-agent-says


サルマン・ラシュディは、人工呼吸器が外され、話すことが再び可能になったという。但し、重傷であることには変わりない。また、目も刺されているので、片目の失明は確実であるという。


Zafar氏はサルマンの息子。
犯人のHadi Matarは8月13日に殺人未遂などの廉で起訴されたが、罪状認否においては「無罪」を主張したという*2
犯人のHadi Matarはレバノン系の人。シーア派軍事組織ヒズボラ*3の影響が強い父親の故郷の村など;

A motive for the attack appears to be unclear. The suspect was born a decade after The Satanic Verses was published.

Barone, the public defender, said after Saturday’s hearing that Matar, from Fairview, New Jersey, had been communicating openly with him and that he would spend the coming weeks trying to learn about his client, including whether he has psychological or addiction issues.

Matar was born in the United States to parents who emigrated from Yaroun in southern Lebanon, the mayor of the village, Ali Tehfe, told the Associated Press.

Flags of the Iran-backed Shia militant group Hezbollah are visible across the village, along with portraits of leader Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Iran Ali Khamenei, Khomeini and slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

Journalists visiting Yaroun on Saturday were asked to leave. Hezbollah spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment.

また、イランでの反応;

Iran’s theocratic government and its state-run media assigned no motive for the attack. In Tehran, some Iranians praised the attack on an author they believe tarnished the Islamic faith, while others worried it would further isolate their country.
イラン及びシーア派圏の反応については、こちらの記事が詳しい;


Martin Chulov “Salman Rushdie attack: Iranians react with mixture of praise and concern” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/13/salman-rushdie-attack-iranians-react-with-mixture-of-praise-and-concern


なお、この事件の余波で、amazon.comにおける『悪魔の詩』の売上げが急上昇。

ラシュディは、襲撃される直前に独逸の雑誌Sternのインタヴューを受けているのだが、とても興味深い。できれば、独立のエントリーを立てて、紹介を試みたい;


Ed Pilkington and Philip Oltermann “Salman Rushdie had started to believe his ‘life was normal again’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/13/salman-rushdie-had-started-to-believe-his-life-was-normal-again