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Man convicted of attempted murder in Salman Rushdie stabbing

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MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. 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. Hadi Matar, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, listens to his defense team in Chauta…

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Malay MailMalay Mail

Man found guilty of trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie

NEW YORK, Feb 22 — An American-Lebanese man was found guilty yesterday of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging a knife into the Satanic Verses author. Hadi Matar faces up to 25 years in prison and will be sentenced in April after being convicted of attempted murder and assault charges over the 2022 attack. Matar’s legal team had sought to prevent witnesses from characterising Rushdie as a victi…

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Court TVCourt TV

Man convicted of attempted murder in Salman Rushdie stabbing

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. 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. Hadi Matar, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, listens to his defense team in Chauta…

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Antelope Valley PressAntelope Valley Press

NJ man convicted in Rushdie attack

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022.

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Court TV broke the news in on Friday, February 21, 2025.
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