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

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

A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. During the trial, the 77-year-old author was the key witness, describing how he believed he was dying when a masked ...

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, the defendant, said he believed Mr. Rushdie to be a hypocrite. His attack left the acclaimed author blind in one eye. By Alyce McFadden Reporting from the courtroom in Mayville ...

Hadi Matar, the man who severely injured novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 stabbing attack, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison — the maximum for attempted murder. Matar, 27, was found ...

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, 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 was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua County Court today. Matar also received a concurrent sentence of five years for the ...

An American-Lebanese man will be sentenced on Friday (local time) for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack at a New York cultural centre. Hadi Matar, 27, faces up to 25 years ...

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 ...