Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
Jurors found Hadi Matar guilty of transnational terrorism, and prosecutors said the attack was driven by a decades-old fatwa and extremist messages.
- On Wednesday, July 29, 2026, a jury convicted Hadi Matar of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, exposing him to a potential life sentence.
- Matar stabbed Rushdie 15 times in August 2022 at the Chautauqua Institution, acting on a decades-old death threat tied to the author's 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses.
- Digital records from 2021 and 2022 show Matar tracking Rushdie's public appearances and messaging contacts that he "wanted everyone to know he was doing this for Hezbollah."
- Already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence for attempted murder, Matar faces additional federal penalties after declining to testify; defense lawyer Nathaniel Barone argued the government lacked proof of intent.
- An Iranian foundation maintains a bounty of more than $3 million for killing Rushdie, yet the author published a 2024 memoir and returned to fiction with last year's The Eleventh Hour.
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Convicted assailant of author Salman Rushdie found guilty of federal terrorism charges
July 29 - The man who stabbed and partially blinded author Salman Rushdie on stage at a New York arts institute in 2022 was found guilty on Wednesday of federal terrorism charges stemming from the attack. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Man convicted on terrorism charges for brutal stabbing attack on author
A jury has found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism - he is already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence on an attempted murder conviction
Salman Rushdie Attacker Hadi Matar Convicted on Federal Terrorism Charges in Lecture Stabbing - Internewscast Journal
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