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

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

The New Jersey man who tried to kill acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.Hadi Matar ...

A man who attacked Salman Rushdie with a knife in front of a stunned audience in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind ...

Lawyers for New Jersey resident Hadi Matar said they planned to appeal the sentence, which was the maximum possible.

Renowned novelist Sir Salman Rushdie has backed out of a college commencement speech at the eleventh hour amid intensifying ...

open image in gallery Hadi Matar was convicted of attempted murder after launching a frenzied attack on the author Salman Rushdie in August 2022. Rushdie was blinded in one eye (AP) Before being ...

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

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

Salman Rushdie's attacker, Hadi Matar, receives 25-year sentence for attempted murder. Rushdie was stabbed during a lecture, ...