FILE - Hadi Matar, the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, arrives for an arraignment at the Chautauqua County Courthouse, Aug. 13, 2022, in Mayville, N.Y. Matar rejected a plea deal ...

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 was sentenced to 25 years for stabbing author Salman Rushdie in 2022. Rushdie, known for "The Satanic Verses," was attacked on stage. Salman Rushdie's attacker, Hadi Matar, receives 25 ...

Hadi Matar, the man convicted of trying to stab author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022 was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison for the attack.

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran towards him and plunged a knife into the author’s hand as ...

Author Salman Rushdie attends the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala on May 18, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie ...

Hadi Matar, the man convicted of trying to stab author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022 was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison for the attack.

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran towards him and plunged a knife into the author’s hand as he ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group.. An indictment unsealed in ...

Updated May 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM EDT. 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 ...

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.

A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York now faces new terrorism charges. A three-count indictment unsealed in federal court in ...