The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on stage at a speaking event in 2022 now faces federal terrorism charges, according to an unsealed indictment.

In February, a jury found Hadi Matar guilty of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie while the author was on stage at a speaking event.

Matar pleaded not guilty to the state and federal charges. Matar in 2022 rushed the stage at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., as Rushdie was about to speak at a lecture series.

On February 21, after less than two hours of deliberation, a jury in western New York found Matar both guilty of attempted murder for his attack on Rushdie and of assault for the injuries to Reese.

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.

Salman Rushdie attacker found guilty of attempted murder 02:22. The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye ...

The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison.

Salman Rushdie trial: Guilty verdict reached in trial of man accused of trying to kill author - The British-American novelist was seriously wounded and blinded in one eye in the August 2022 attack.

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