US EditionHadi Matar Sentenced to 25 Years for Salman Rushdie Stabbing
- Hadi Matar, 27, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the August 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie on stage.
- Matar believed he was carrying out a 1989 fatwa, or edict, issued by Iran calling for Rushdie's death over his novel The Satanic Verses.
- Rushdie, 77, spent over a month hospitalized after the attack, which left him with dozens of stab wounds to his head and body.
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Salman Rushdie attacker handed 25 years for brutal stabbing
Hadi Matar, 26, sentenced to the maximum 25 years in prison for the attempted murder and assault of author Salman Rushdie in August 2022. Matar still faces federal terrorism charges for allegedly providing material support to Hezbollah.
Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie is sentenced to 25 years in prison
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 guilty of second-degree attempted murder in February for his attack on the author at the nonprofit Chautauqua Institution in New York state in August 2022. A knife-wielding Matar leapt onto the stage where Rushdie was about to give a lecture, stabbing the au…
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Assailant who stabbed author Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years
The man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a Western New York arts institute in 2022 was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday (May 16) for an attack that also wounded a second man, the district attorney said. Rushdie, 77, has faced death threats since the 1988 publica
Hadi Matar, who wanted to kill Salman Rushdie, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The sentence is reasonable, because Rushdie had really almost died in the attack. However, what the assassin said at the verdict reveals more than a lack of awareness of guilt.
Hadi Matar attacked the writer with a knife, causing him to go blind in one eye and severely injure his left hand.
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