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

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

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, received the maximum possible sentence after stabbing the 77-year-old author ten times on a stage in New York in 2022.

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, 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 ...

A New Jersey man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie in 2022 will be sentenced on Friday. Hadi Matar, 27, was found guilty of attempted murder and assault for the brutal attack that left Rushdie blind ...

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 ...

In August of 2022, 24-year-old Hadi Matar traveled from New Jersey, entered Chautauqua Institution, and stabbed world-renowned author Salman Rushdie multiple times, nearly killing him. Now three years ...