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 ...

Sir Salman Rushdie says he’s moved on from the knife attack that nearly took his life in 2022, after attacker Hadi Matar was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Booker Prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie is reflecting on the stabbing that occurred during a lecture he was giving in ...

Hadi Matar, 26, was found guilty of attempted murder and assault in February over the horrific attack that saw him try to carry out a decades-old fatwa by ambushing the 77-year-old novelist as he ...

A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. Mr. Rushdie did not return to court to the western New York courtroom for his assailant’s sentencing but ...

Hadi Matar, 27, was convicted of attempted murder back in February, and the 25-year term handed down is the maximum penalty. Matar will also concurrently serve a seven-year sentence for his ...

Hadi Matar, right, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, speaks to his defense team in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP ...

Hadi Matar was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for stabbing Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie during a 2022 talk in New York state. Matar, who was convicted of second degree attempted ...