Hadi Matar, center, is pictured with members of his defense team. MAYVILLE – After less than two hours of deliberation, a Chautauqua County jury has found a New Jersey man guilty of both second-degree ...

Hadi Matar stabbed Salman Rushdie multiple times in the head, neck, torso and left hand, blinding his right eye and damaging his liver and intestines Hadi Matar, an American-Lebanese man who ...

Jurors, who deliberated for less than two hours, also found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of assault for wounding a man who was on stage with Rushdie at the time. Matar ran onto the stage at the ...

Matar could receive up to 25 years in prison.His public defender, Nathaniel Barone, said Matar was disappointed but also well-prepared for the verdict.District Attorney Jason Schmidt played a slow ...

Hadi Matar, an American-Lebanese man who attacked and blinded Indian-born British author, was convicted of attempted murder by a jury in western New York on Saturday. Rushdie (77) was stabbed with a ...

Matar was also convicted of assault for injuring Ralph Henry Reese, a co-founder of a programme that provides refuge for writers, who was on stage to moderate the event. Sonali Sharma Updated : Feb 22 ...

Hadi Matar was found guilty of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie by repeatedly stabbing him on stage following a fatwa over The Satanic Verses. Matar faces up to 25 years in prison with ...

Hadi Matar was found guilty of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault for the attack on Salman Rushdie. Matar faces up to 25 years in prison for the charges. (This story was ...

Salman Rushdie Assault Hadi Matar, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, walks in to Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP ...

Jurors delivered the verdict after deliberating for less than two hours, also finding Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of assault for wounding a man who was on the Chautauqua Institution stage with Rushdie ...

Matar, 27, can be seen in videos of the 2022 attack rushing the Chautauqua Institution's stage as Rushdie was being introduced to the audience for a talk about keeping writers safe from harm, ...