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

Hadi Matar was convicted in the 2022 stabbing attack on the author. A New Jersey man convicted of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie, while on stage at a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie on a stage in New York in 2022, has been jailed for 25 years. The 27-year-old received the maximum possible sentence. The prize-winning ...