Hadi Matar was sentenced to 25 years for the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie. Matar also received a concurrent seven-year sentence for assaulting Henry Reese. Matar stated he disagreed with ...

Matar was trying to carry out the decades-old fatwa on Rushdie when he stabbed him in 2022.. AP. Friday’s sentencing came after a seven-day trial earlier this year in which Rushdie recounted the ...

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 ...

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — 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 ...

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. ― The New Jersey man convicted of stabbing and nearly killing renowned author Salman Rushdie during a speaking engagement in 2022, was handed a maximum sentence Friday of 25 ...

In this Feb. 21, 2025, file photo, Hadi Matar, left, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, is led in to Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y.

Salman Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years for frenzied stabbing at lecture that left author blind in one eye - A New York jury deliberated for less than two hours before convicting Hadi Matar ...

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — 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.

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Prosecutors opened their case Monday against the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie, arguing that a bevy of evidence will show the defendant had committed a ...

The trial of Hadi Matar, the man who attacked Salman Rushdie in 2022, is set to begin, with a tricky jury selection underway. The India-born British-American author, 77, narrowly avoided death but ...

Salman Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years for frenzied stabbing at lecture that left author blind in one eye. A New York jury deliberated for less than two hours before convicting Hadi Matar ...