MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The man convicted of trying to stab author Salman Rushdie ... dying when he was attacked by a masked man, later identified as Matar. The assailant stabbed Rushdie several ...

Hadi Matar, who was found guilty of attempted murder and assault in February, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie.

Hadi Matar charged on stage and attacked the novelist, partially blinding him, during an event in New York in 2022.

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A man who attacked Salman Rushdie with a knife in front of a stunned audience in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in ...