Soures say it is "clear" that at some point before the attack, Hadi Matar had been in contact with "people either directly involved with or adjacent to the" Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force. His mother says he became a religious zealot after a month-long trip to Lebanon in 2018.
Hadi Matar, who stabbed Salman Rushdie, is believed to have had direct contact with Iran's IRGC on social media, Vice World News reported.
A Mideast source told the outlet that it was "clear" that the attack, Matar – who was born in the US to Lebanese parents – had been in contact with "people either directly involved with or adjacent to the" IRGC's elite Quds Force.
In an interview with Daily Mail, Matar's mother said that her son had turned into a religious zealot after a month-long trip to Lebanon in 2018.
Source: Israel Hayom