In February, a jury found Hadi Matar guilty of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie while the ...

Hadi Matar, the defendant, said he believed Mr. Rushdie to be a hypocrite. His attack left the acclaimed author blind in one ...

Hadi Matar, 26, had been found guilty of attempted murder and assault in February over the horror attack that saw him ambush the 77-year-old novelist as he was giving a lecture at the Chautauqua ...

Hadi Matar was found guilty of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault after a two-week trial in February in Chautauqua County Court.

Hadi Matar, 27, stood quietly as the judge pronounced the sentence. He did not deny attacking Rushdie, and when he was ...

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author ...

Author Sir Salman Rushdie has said he is "pleased" the man who tried to kill him in a knife attack in 2022 has received the ...

Hadi Matar was sentenced to 25 years for attacking author Salman Rushdie in 2022, leaving the latter blind in one eye. Matar expressed his dislike for Rushdie, labeling him a 'hypocrite.' A US citizen ...

Hadi Matar’s 2022 knife attack left the acclaimed writer blind in one eye.

Hadi Matar, 27, also received a concurrent sentence of seven years plus three years of post-release supervision for a second-degree assault charge. Matar has been remanded to the New York State ...