Man found guilty of trying to kill Salman Rushdie
An American-Lebanese man was found guilty by a jury Friday of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging a knife into the "Satanic Verses" author. Matar was rapidly found guilty of stabbing Rushdie about 10 times with a six-inch blade that was shown to witnesses and the court.
Salman Rushdie trial: Guilty verdict reached in trial of man accused of trying to kill author
A New York jury has convicted Hadi Matar of trying to kill Salman Rushdie, a Booker Prize-winning novelist who was seriously wounded and blinded in one eye in the harrowing knife attack two-and-a-half years ago.
Hadi Matar, Accused Of Trying To Kill Salman Rushdie, Found Guilty
An American-Lebanese man was found guilty by a jury Friday of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging a knife into the "Satanic Verses" author, a court official said.
Salman Rushdie Attacker Found Guilty of Attempted Murder
Hadi Matar, the 27-year-old, who stabbed author Salman Rushdie several times in 2022 was convicted of second-degree attempted murder.
Salman Rushdie Testifies at Trial of Man Accused of Stabbing Him: 'I Was Screaming Because of the Pain'
The Satanic Verses author was left blind in one eye after a then-24-year-old man allegedly stormed the stage and attacked him at a literary festival in New York
Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie convicted of attempted murder
Matar ran onto the stage at the Chautauqua Institution where Rushdie was about to speak and stabbed him more than a dozen times before a live audience.
Salman Rushdie knife attacker found guilty of attempted murder after stabbing brave author in the eye on stage
THE man accused of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie in New York has been found guilty. Hadi Matar from New Jersey faces a sentence up to 25 years behind bars for the bloody attack on the
Salman Rushdie attacker convicted of attempted murder and assault
Hadi Matar faces up to 25 years in prison for nearly killing the renowned novelist during a stabbing attack in 2022.
Hadi Matar Guilty of Attempted Murder of Novelist Salman Rushdie
Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie in an onstage stabbing attack at a New York arts institute in 2022. Matar, 27, can be seen in videos rushing the Chautauqua Institution's stage as Rushdie was being introduced to the audience for a talk about keeping writers safe from harm,
Witnesses describe wordless knife attack on Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author
Jurors heard how a knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie unfolded in a matter of seconds at a 2022 New York talk and how ...
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Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’ hits Indian bookshelves after bureaucratic blunder
As Salman Rushdie’s stabbing trial in the US grabs international headlines, bookstores in the author’s native India are now selling “The Satanic Verses”, almost four decades after banning it.
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How 27-second knife attack nearly cost Salman Rushdie his life after surviving decades of death threats
Satanic Verses writer told Hadi Matar’s trial in New York how he narrowly avoided death after attacker with ‘ferocious’ eyes ...
Man found guilty of attempted murder over Salman Rushdie attack
Salman Rushdie, 77, was stabbed multiple times as he was preparing to give a speech in New York in 2022. A man has been found ...
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Jurors watch video showing a man stabbing Salman Rushdie as onlookers gasp in horror
Jurors have watched videos showing Salman Rushdie being repeatedly stabbed on a stage in western New York while audience ...