Rushdie Stabbing Narrative Turned Upside Down, Suspect Reportedly Had Contact with Someone Beforehand

In the hours and days following the terror attack on author Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua, New York, on Friday, the implied message — from the authorities and the mainstream media — was clear:
Alleged attacker Hadi Matar was acting alone, and don’t you dare suggest otherwise.
After all, Matar, at age 24, wasn’t even born in 1989, when then-Iranian ruler Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or religious edict, offering millions of dollars to anyone who murdered Rushdie. It&rs